Learn About Batteries – Contents
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Does the Battery Fuel Gauge Lie?
Battery Fuel Gauge: Factual or Fallacy?
Weird and Wonderful Batteries
What’s the Best Battery?
Will Secondary Batteries replace Primaries?
Four Renegades of Battery Failure
Advancements in Lead Acid
The Secrets of Battery Runtime
Can the Lead-acid Battery Compete in Modern Times?
Modern Lead Battery Systems
Understanding Lithium-ion
Is Lithium-ion the Ideal Battery?
Pouch Cell - Small but not Trouble Free
The High-power Lithium-ion
Lithium-ion Safety Concerns
The Smart Battery
Will the Reusable Alkaline Battery have a Future?
Will the Fuel Cell have a Second Life?
How does Internal Resistance affect Performance?
The Battery and the Digital Load
Non-correctable Battery Problems
Wireless Communications
How to Service Two-way Radio Batteries
Memory: Myth or Fact?
How to Service Cell Phone Batteries
Portable Computing
Industrial Applications
Advanced Battery Analyzers
Computerized Battery Testing
Rapid Testing Portable Batteries
Why do Different Test Methods Provide Dissimilar Readings?
Observing Batteries in Everyday Life
Wheeled and Stationary
What Causes Car Batteries to Fail?
Starting is Easy, but can I Steer and Brake?
Rapid Testing Automotive and Starter Batteries
Are Hybrid Cars Here to Stay?
Is the Electric Car Mature?
Comparing Battery Power
Batteries against Fossil Fuel
The Cost of Portable Power
Is Li-ion the Solution for the Electric Vehicle?
The Future Battery
Battery Statistics
Battery Testing Equipment
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Basics You Should Know
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Introduction
BU-001: Sharing Battery Knowledge BU-002: Introduction BU-003: Dedication -
Crash Course on Batteries
BU-101: When Was the Battery Invented? BU-102: Early Innovators BU-103: Global Battery Markets BU-103a: Battery Breakthroughs: Myth or Fact? BU-104: Getting to Know the Battery BU-104a: Comparing the Battery with Other Power Sources BU-104b: Battery Building Blocks BU-104c: The Octagon Battery – What makes a Battery a Battery BU-105: Battery Definitions and what they mean BU-106: Advantages of Primary Batteries BU-106a: Choices of Primary Batteries BU-107: Comparison Table of Secondary Batteries -
Battery Types
BU-201: How does the Lead Acid Battery Work? BU-201a: Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) BU-202: New Lead Acid Systems BU-203: Nickel-based Batteries BU-204: How do Lithium Batteries Work? BU-205: Types of Lithium-ion BU-206: Lithium-polymer: Substance or Hype? BU-206a: Finding the Optimal Runtime and Power Ratio of Li-ion BU-208: Cycling Performance BU-209: How does a Supercapacitor Work? BU-210: How does the Fuel Cell Work? BU-210a: Why does Sodium-sulfur need to be heated BU-210b: How does the Flow Battery Work? BU-211: Alternate Battery Systems BU-212: Future Batteries BU-213: Cycle Performance of NiCd, NiMH and Li-ion BU-214: Summary Table of Lead-based Batteries BU-215: Summary Table of Nickel-based Batteries BU-216: Summary Table of Lithium-based Batteries BU-217: Summary Table of Alternate Batteries BU-218: Summary Table of Future Batteries -
Packaging and Safety
BU-301: A look at Old and New Battery Packaging BU-301a: Types of Battery Cells BU-302: Series and Parallel Battery Configurations BU-303: Confusion with Voltages BU-304: Why are Protection Circuits Needed? BU-304a: Safety Concerns with Li-ion BU-304b: Making Lithium-ion Safe BU-305: Building a Lithium-ion Pack BU-306: What is the Function of the Separator? BU-307: How does Electrolyte Work? BU-308: Availability of Lithium BU-309: How does Graphite Work in Li-ion? BU-310: How does Cobalt Work in Li-ion? BU-311: Battery Raw Materials -
Charge Methods
BU-401: How do Battery Chargers Work? BU-401a: Fast and Ultra-fast Chargers BU-402: What Is C-rate? BU-403: Charging Lead Acid BU-404: What is Equalizing Charge? BU-405: Charging with a Power Supply BU-406: Battery as a Buffer BU-407: Charging Nickel-cadmium BU-408: Charging Nickel-metal-hydride BU-409: Charging Lithium-ion BU-410: Charging at High and Low Temperatures BU-411: Charging from a USB Port BU-412: Charging without Wires BU-413: Charging with Solar, Turbine BU-413a: How to Store Renewable Energy in a Battery BU-414: How do Charger Chips Work? BU-415: How to Charge and When to Charge? -
Discharge Methods
BU-501: Basics about Discharging BU-501a: Discharge Characteristics of Li-ion BU-502: Discharging at High and Low Temperatures BU-503: How to Calculate Battery Runtime BU-504: How to Verify Sufficient Battery Capacity -
"Smart" Battery
BU-601: How does a Smart Battery Work? BU-602: How does a Battery Fuel Gauge Work? BU-603: How to Calibrate a “Smart” Battery BU-604: How to Process Data from a “Smart” Battery
The Battery and You
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From Birth to Retirement
BU-701: How to Prime Batteries BU-702: How to Store Batteries BU-703: Health Concerns with Batteries BU-704: How to Transport Batteries BU-704a: Shipping Lithium-based Batteries by Air BU-704b: CAUTION & Overpack Labels BU-704c: Class 9 Label BU-705: How to Recycle Batteries BU-705a: Battery Recycling as a Business BU-705b: Giving Batteries a Second Life BU-706: Summary of Do’s and Don’ts -
How to Prolong Battery Life
GeneralBU-801: Setting Battery Performance Standards BU-801a: How to Rate Battery Runtime BU-801b: How to Define Battery Life BU-802: What Causes Capacity Loss? BU-802a: How does Rising Internal Resistance affect Performance? BU-802b: What does Elevated Self-discharge Do? BU-802c: How Low can a Battery be Discharged? BU-803: Can Batteries Be Restored? BU-803a: Cell Matching and Balancing BU-803b: What causes Cells to Short? BU-803c: Loss of ElectrolyteLead AcidBU-804: How to Prolong Lead-acid Batteries BU-804a: Corrosion, Shedding and Internal Short BU-804b: Sulfation and How to Prevent it BU-804c: Acid Stratification and Surface Charge BU-805: Additives to Boost Flooded Lead Acid BU-806: Tracking Battery Capacity and Resistance as part of Aging BU-806a: How Heat and Loading affect Battery LifeNickel-basedBU-807: How to Restore Nickel-based Batteries BU-807a: Effect of ZappingLithium-ionBU-808: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries BU-808a: How to Awaken a Sleeping Li-ion BU-808b: What causes Li-ion to die? BU-808c: What the User Can Do BU-809: How to Maximize Runtime BU-810: What Everyone should Know about Aftermarket Batteries -
Battery Testing and Monitoring
BU-901: Fundamentals in Battery Testing BU-902: How to Measure Internal Resistance BU-902a: How to Measure CCA BU-903: How to Measure State-of-charge BU-904: How to Measure Capacity BU-905: Testing Lead Acid Batteries BU-906: Testing Nickel-based Batteries BU-907: Testing Lithium-based Batteries BU-908: Battery Management System (BMS) BU-909: Battery Test Equipment BU-910: How to Repair a Battery Pack BU-911: How to Repair a Laptop Battery BU-912: How to Repair Mobile Phone Batteries BU-913: How to Maintain Fleet Batteries
Batteries as Power Source
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Amazing Value of a Battery
BU-1001: Batteries in Industries BU-1002: Electric Powertrain, then and now BU-1002a: Hybrid Electric Vehicles and the Battery BU-1003: Electric Vehicle (EV) BU-1004: Charging an Electric Vehicle BU-1005: Does the Fuel Cell-powered Vehicle have a Future? BU-1006: Cost of Mobile Power BU-1007: Net Calorific Value BU-1008: Working towards Sustainability BU-1009: Battery Paradox - Afterword -
Information
BU-1101: Glossary BU-1102: Abbreviations BU-1103: Bibliography BU-1104: About the Author BU-1105: About Cadex BU-1403: Author’s Creed -
Learning Tools
BU-1501 Battery History BU-1502 Basics about Batteries BU-1503 How to Maintain Batteries BU-1504 Battery Test & Analyzing Devices BU-1505 Short History of Cadex -
Battery Pool
Diagnostic Battery Management (DBM) Battery Diagnostics On-the-fly Making Battery State-of-health Transparent Batteries will eventually die, but when and how? Why does Pokémon Go rob so much Battery Power? How to Care for the Battery How to Rate Battery Runtime Tesla’s iPhone Moment — How the Powerwall will Change Global Energy Use Painting the Battery Green by giving it a Second Life Charging without Wires — A Solution or Laziness What everyone should know about Battery Chargers A Look at Cell Formats and how to Build a good Battery Battery Breakthroughs — Myth or Fact? Rapid-test Methods that No Longer Work Shipping Lithium-based Batteries by Air How to make Batteries more Reliable and Longer Lasting What causes Lithium-ion to die? Safety of Lithium-ion Batteries Recognizing Battery Capacity as the Missing Link Managing Batteries for Warehouse Logistics Caring for your Starter Battery Giving Batteries a Second Life How to Make Batteries in Medical Devices More Reliable Possible Solutions for the Battery Problem on the Boeing 787 Impedance Spectroscopy Checks Battery Capacity in 15 Seconds How to Improve the Battery Fuel Gauge Examining Loading Characteristics on Primary and Secondary Batteries -
Batteries in a Portable World
Change-log of “Batteries in a Portable World,” 4th edition: Chapters 1 - 3 Change-log of “Batteries in a Portable World,” 4th edition: Chapters 4 - 10
