• 한국재료학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.146-152
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• 2022

One disadvantage of deep cycle flooded lead-acid batteries is increasing water loss caused by use of (+) Pb-Sb / (-) Pb-Sb alloy grid. Water loss is generated by the emission of hydrogen gas from the (-) electrode during battery charging. In this paper, we maintain cycle life aspect through the development of hybrid flooded lead-acid batteries to which a (+) Pb-Sb / (-) Pb-Ca grid is applied and deal with the improvement of water loss. The amount of water loss compared to that of the (-) Pb-Sb grid decreased when Ca was added to the (-) Pb grid. For the (-) Pb-Ca grid, it was confirmed that the time to reach 0.0 V, at which water decomposition occurs, was increased compared to that of the (-) Pb-Sb grid at the NPV (Negative Potential Voltage). In the cycle life test conducted with the BCI (Battery Council International) standard, compared to the (+) Pb-Ca grid, the (+) Pb-Sb grid increased the life cycle of the batteries and the (+) Pb-Ca grid showed an early end of life due to PbO corrosion layer generation, as determined through SEM / EDS and Tear Down analysis. In conclusion, by addition of Sb to (+) Pb grid and Ca to (-) Pb grid, we developed a hybrid flooded lead-acid battery that meets user requirements to improve water loss characteristics and preserve cycle life characteristics.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.302-311
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• 2006

Nowadays the open-type lead-acid battery for vehicle use is being replaced with the sealed-type because it needs no maintenance and has a longer cycle life. Thus researches on this battery are being conducted very actively by many advanced battery companies. There is, however, a serious problem with the maintenance free(MF) battery that its cathode electrode has a limited cycle life due to a corrosion of grid. In this study, it was aimed to improve a corrosion resistance of the cathode grid which is commonly made of Pb-Ca alloy for a mechanical strength. For this purpose, various amounts of alloying elements such as Sn, Ag and Ba were added singly or together to the Pb-Ca alloys and investigated their corrosion behaviors. Batteries fabricated by using these alloys as cathode grids were subjected to life cycle test and their corrosion layers appeared at the interface between the grids and the active materials were carefully observed in order to clarify effects of alloying elements.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.472-478
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• 2022

Solar energy harvesting is practiced by various nations for the purpose of energy security and environment preservation in order to reduce overdependence on oil. Converting solar energy into electrical energy through Photovoltaic (PV) module can take place either in on-grid or off-grid applications. In recent time Lithium battery is exhibiting its presence in on-grid applications but its role in off-grid application is rarely discussed in the literature. The preliminary capacity and Peukert's study indicated that the battery quality is good and can be subjected for life cycle test. The capacity of the battery was 10.82 Ah at 1 A discharge current and the slope of 1.0117 in the Peukert's study indicated the reaction is very fast and independent on rate of discharge. In this study Lithium Iron Phosphate battery (LFP) after initial characterization was subjected to life cycle test which is specific to solar off-grid application as defined in IEC standard. The battery has delivered just 6 endurance units at room temperature before its capacity reached 75% of rated value. The low life of LFP battery in off-grid application is discussed based on State of Charge (SOC) operating window. The battery was operated both in high and low SOC's in off-grid application and both are detrimental to life of lithium battery. High SOC operation resulted in cell-to-cell variation and low SOC operation resulted in lithium plating on negative electrode. It is suggested that to make it more suitable for off-grid applications the battery by default has to be overdesigned by nearly 40% of its rated capacity.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.393-398
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• 2021

리튬이온전지의 성능을 최적화하기 위해서는 여러 열화 요소들을 고려한 성능 예측 모델링 기술이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 리튬이온전지의 사이클 노화로 인한 방전 거동 및 사이클 수명 변화를 수학적으로 모델링하였다. 모델링의 신뢰성을 검증하기 위해 0.25C로 사이클 시험을 진행했으며, 30 사이클 간격으로 진행한 RPT (Reference performance test)를 통해 전기적 거동을 파악하였다. 기존의 리튬이온전지의 사이클 수명 예측 모델에 BOL (Beginning of life)에서 일어나는 현상 중 하나인 Break-in 메커니즘을 반영하여 수명예측 정확도를 개선시켰다. 모델에 근거하여 예측된 사이클 수명 변화는 실제 시험 결과와 잘 일치하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.753-763
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• 2016

High temperature sodium/sulfur battery(Na/S battery) has good electrochemical properties, but, the battery has some problems such as explosion and corrosion at al. because of using the liquid electrodes at high temperature and production of high corrosion. Room temperature sodium/sulfur batteries (NAS batteries) is developed to resolve of the battery problem. To recently, room temperature sodium/sulfur batteries has higher discharge capacity than its of lithium ion battery, however, cycle life of the battery is shorter. Because, the sulfur electrode and electrolyte have some problem such as polysulfide resolution in electrolyte and reaction of anode material and polysulfide. Cycle life of the battery is improved by decrease of polysulfide resolution in electrolyte and block of reaction between anode material and polysulfide. If room temperature sodium/sulfur batteries (NAS batteries) with low cost and high capacity improves cycle life, the batteries will be commercialized batteries for electric storage, electric vehicle, and mobile electric items.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.369-377
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• 2013

현재 전기자동차와 신재생에너지전원의 출력안정화에 필수적인 2차전지가 개발되고 있고, 2차전지의 효율적인 운용을 위하여 상태감시 기술과 수명예측 기술이 요구되고 있다. 기존의 2차전지 상태감시 방법으로는 전압과 비중에 의한 충전상태평가 방법 등이 있으나, 이 방법은 온도에 따라 변화되는 전압과 비중의 특성을 고려할 수 없는 한계점을 가지고 있다. 즉, 2차전지의 SOC를 평가하기 위해서는 전지 케이스 내부의 전해액 온도에 따라 달라지는 비중 값을 측정해야 하지만, 대부분의 2차전지는 밀폐형으로 보급되고 있어서 전해액의 상태를 파악하기 어려운 실정이다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 전지내부의 온도를 보정하는 열전달식을 유도함으로 정확한 SOC평가 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 또한 2차전지의 수명 예측 방법으로는 내부저항 측정 또는 잔존 용량 측정 등의 수명 예측 방법들이 있으나, 충 방전상태와 충전 후 방치시간, 사용 환경 등 여러 가지 요인에 의해 2차전지의 수명을 정확하게 판단하기 어렵다. 따라서 상기의 문제점을 해결하기 위해 $20^{\circ}C$로 환산된 비중 값에 대하여 전지의 충 방전에 대한 비중누적 값을 계산함으로 충 방전 사이클을 판정하는 수명예측 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 상기에서 제시한 알고리즘을 바탕으로 시험 장치를 제작하여 다양한 시뮬레이션을 수행한 결과, 기존의 방법에 비하여 본 논문에서 제안한 알고리즘이 정확한 연축전지의 상태감시 및 수명예측에 대한 결과를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.18-27
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• 2011

LED lighting because of high efficiency, long life, friendly environment, as a general lighting of the next generation, has been substituted for incandescent bulb and fluorescent lamp. The proposed system for use of solar battery is the intelligent controller for LED street lights which is improved the method of battery charging and charging efficiency in winter to extend battery life cycle, controlled lighting current according to SoC and in steps. Also, it is implemented emotional lighting which is controlled with the surrounding environment, by using colorful sub LED to take up 10[%] of a source of total light, white LED. As a lab results, the proposed system was implemented functions to adapt to the environmental changes, and improved the charging efficiency and battery life cycle.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2011년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.22-23
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• 2011

본 논문은 Battery의 열화 특성을 반영한 순차적 Step Charge를 통한, Mobile 기기용 Li-Ion Smart Battery의 Life Cycle 개선기술을 제안 하고자 한다. 현재 기술수준의 Li-Ion 2차전지 수명은 표준충방전 300~500cycle 내외이나. 초기용량을 희생하지 않고도 Smart Battery 내부의 ASOC(Absolute State of Charge)와 연동하여 Battery 수명열화 곡선을 추종하는 최적화된 가변 충전전압을 순차적 Step Charge로 제공하여 Li-Ion 2차 전지의 수명열화를 개선하고, 열화 특성의 검토 및 개선효과 확인을 논문의 목적으로 한다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.90-95
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• 2009

This paper presents a new lithium ion unit-cell and pack battery by using a new formulation ratio of material. The three types of formulation ratio for the unit-cell were used. The life cycle and basic properties of the lithium ion unit-cell$({\Psi}18{\times}65(mm))$ about one of them were acquired by the charge-discharge experiment. The nominal voltage, nominal capacity and cycle life output of the lithium ion unit-cell is respectively 3.7V, 2.4Ah, and above 500cycle. Pack type lithium ion battery has the size of $29.5{\times}73.5{\times}115(mm)$ and the weight of 300g. As the results, the weight and bulk of lithium ion battery used to a safety lamp were decreased to 1/4 and 1/7. In addition, the comparison of the new lithium ion battery and lead storge battery for confirming the effectiveness of the new lithium ion battery have been performed.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1759-1768
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• 2018

The energy density, power density and ohm resistance of battery change significantly as results of battery aging, which lead to decrease in the accuracy of the equivalent model. A parameter identification method of the equivale6nt circuit model with 3 R-C branches based on the test database of battery life cycle is proposed in this paper. This database is built on the basis of experiments such as updating of available capacity, charging and discharging tests at different rates and relaxation characteristics tests. It can realize regular update and calibration of key parameters like SOH, so as to ensure the reliability of parameters identified. Taking SOH, SOC and T as independent variables, lookup table method is adopted to set initial value for the parameter matrix. Meanwhile, in order to ensure the validity of the model, the least square method based on variable forgetting factor is adopted for optimizing to complete the identification of equivalent model parameters. By comparing the simulation data with measured data for charging and discharging experiments of Li-ion battery, the effectiveness of the full life cycle database and the model are verified.