Title :
Battery aging and the case for stopping float charging
Author :
Sideris, Tony ; Vasa-Sideris, Sandra ; Stefanakos, Elias K Lee
Author_Institution :
AIMS Syst. Inc., Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
This paper examines the battery degradation factors in field applications and discusses the results of field testing on four different telecommunications applications. The results clearly indicate that managed battery operation (charging and load testing) greatly enhances battery capacity
Keywords :
ageing; compensation; secondary cells; telecommunication power supplies; testing; battery aging; battery capacity enhancement; battery degradation factors; field testing; float charging stopping; managed battery operation; telecommunications applications; temperature compensation; Aging; Automatic testing; Battery management systems; Computer aided software engineering; Condition monitoring; Degradation; Laboratories; Power system management; System testing; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunication Energy Conference, 1999. INTELEC '99. The 21st International
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5624-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTLEC.1999.794037
