Designed as a practical engineers’ manual, this book should assist the practicing engineer in designing, installing, and maintaining battery equipment. It offers guidance on the selection of types of batteries and auxiliary apparatus best suited to the service which they are to perform. It enumerates the advantages and limitations of the storage battery in practice, while avoiding (as much as possible) chemistry or mathematics. However, when the proper treatment of any subject requires their use, explanatory text or a concrete example is given.
This richly illustrated book written by Professor Kai Peter Birke and several co-authors addresses both scientific and engineering aspects of modern batteries in a unique way. Emphasizing the engineering part of batteries, the book acts as a compass towards next generation batteries for automotive and stationary applications. The book provides distinguished answers to still open questions on how future batteries look like.Modern Battery Engineering explains why and how batteries have to be designed for successful commercialization in e-mobility and stationary applications. The book will help readers understand the principle issues of battery designs, paving the way for engineers to avoid wrong paths and settle on appropriate cell technologies for next generation batteries. This book is ideal for training courses for readers interested in the field of modern batteries.
Excerpt from Storage Battery Engineering: A Practical Treatise for Engineers The evident and long unfulfilled need of a practical work on the storage battery, particularly adapted for electrical engineers who are not chemists, and on the details of its engineering applications, together with the pleasant reception accorded some writings of the Author on this line, in the Electrical World and Engineer, last year, have induced the preparation of this book. It is intended to assist the practicing engineer in designing, installing and maintaining battery equipments, and to guide him in the selection of types of batteries and auxiliary apparatus best suited to the service which they are to perform, and at the same time impress upon the technical public, both the advantages and limitations of the storage battery in practice. Mathematics have been avoided as far as possible, and when the proper treatment of any subject has compelled their use, all operations have been carried through with explanatory text, so that the reasoning may be easily followed, and in many instances each mathematical discussion is further elucidated by a concrete example. The works and papers consulted are given in detail in the Bibliography which follows, and all useful information therein contained and within the scope of this work has been freely used, as have also a few cuts and diagrams. The Osmotic and Thermodynamic theories of the Storage Battery have not been discussed, as their comprehension requires more electro-chemical knowledge than the majority of electrical engineers possess, and this work is essentially a practical engineers' manual. The Author desires to acknowledge the kind assistance and encouragement from many sources, in the production of this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Engineering Energy Storage explains the engineering concepts of different relevant energy technologies in a coherent manner, assessing underlying numerical material to evaluate energy, power, volume, weight and cost of new and existing energy storage systems. With numerical examples and problems with solutions, this fundamental reference on engineering principles gives guidance on energy storage devices, setting up energy system plans for smart grids. Designed for those in traditional fields of science and professional engineers in applied industries with projects related to energy and engineering, this book is an ideal resource on the topic. Contains chapter based numerical examples, with applied industry problems and solutions Assesses underlying numerical material for evaluating energy, power, volume, weight and cost of new and existing energy storage systems Offers a cross-disciplinary look across electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering aspects of energy storage
A complete all-in-one reference on the important interdisciplinary topic of Battery Systems Engineering Focusing on the interdisciplinary area of battery systems engineering, this book provides the background, models, solution techniques, and systems theory that are necessary for the development of advanced battery management systems. It covers the topic from the perspective of basic electrochemistry as well as systems engineering topics and provides a basis for battery modeling for system engineering of electric and hybrid electric vehicle platforms. This original approach gives a useful overview for systems engineers in chemical, mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering who are interested in learning more about batteries and how to use them effectively. Chemists, material scientists, and mathematical modelers can also benefit from this book by learning how their expertise affects battery management. Approaches a topic which has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years Topics covered include: Electrochemistry; Governing Equations; Discretization Methods; System Response and Battery Management Systems Include tables, illustrations, photographs, graphs, worked examples, homework problems, and references, to thoroughly illustrate key material Ideal for engineers working in the mechanical, electrical, and chemical fields as well as graduate students in these areas A valuable resource for Scientists and Engineers working in the battery or electric vehicle industries, Graduate students in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering.
