Rechargeable Batteries Applications Handbook

Rechargeable cells and batteries
Sealed nickel-cadmium cells and batteries
Sealed-lead cells and batteries
Appendix A: Product line data, sealed nickel-cadmium cells
Appendix B: Product line data sealed-lead cells and batteries

Represents the first widely available compendium of the information needed by those design professionals responsible for using rechargeable batteries. This handbook introduces the most common forms of rechargeable batteries, including their history, the basic chemistry that governs their operation, and common design approaches. The introduction also exposes reader to common battery design terms and concepts.

Two sections of the handbook provide performance information on two principal types of rechargeable batteries commonly found in consumer and industrial products: sealed nickel-cadmium and sealed-lead cells. For each type of cell, this book covers discharge performance, charging and charger design, storage, life, applications information, testing, and safety.

• New paperback edition of a best-seller
• First widely-available book on rechargeable cells
• Operation, applications, and testing

Electronics design engineers and technicians