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The definitive engineering guide to battery design and selectionupdated with the latest advances in cell efficiency The standard battery reference for more than twenty years, Linden's Handbook of Batteries provides authoritative data on the characteristics, properties, and performance of every major battery type. The Fourth Edition is entirely rewritten and reorganized to reflect huge advances in cell efficiency, including new information on lithium ion and large nickel metal hydride batteries, and portable fuel cells. This unparalleled resource allows you to: determine the performance characteristics of batteries under all conditions; select the most suitable battery for a given application; apply leading-edge technologies, materials, and methods in new designs and products; and have necessary data and equations at your fingertips.
Linden's Handbook of Batteries, Fourth Edition includes new chapters on:
- Battery modeling
- Battery electrolytes
- Batteries for electric vehicles
- Batteries for biomedical applications
- Nano-sized batteries
- Stationary fuel cells
- International standards
Comprehensive coverage:
Principles of Operation; Basic Concepts; Electrochemical Principles and Reactions; Factors Affecting Battery Performance; Battery Standardization; Battery Design; Battery Modeling; Battery Electrolytes; Primary Batteries; Zinc Carbon Batteries; Magnesium and Aluminum Batteries; Mercuric Oxide and Silver Oxide Batteries; Zinc/Air Batteries; Secondary Batteries; Lead-Acid Batteries; Value Regulated Lead-Acid Batteries; Industrial and Aerospace Nickel-Cadmium Batteries; Portable Sealed Nickel-Cadmium Batteries; Portable Sealed Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries; Nickel-Zinc Batteries; Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries; Silver Oxide Batteries; Rechargeable Lithium Batteries; Lithium Ion Batteries; Specialized Battery Systems; Batteries for Electric Vehicles; Metal/Air Batteries; Batteries for Load-Leveling and Stand-By Power; Batteries for Biomedical Applications; Reserve Batteries; Nano-sized Batteries; Portable Fuel Cells; Small Fuel Cells; Stationary Fuel Cells
Synopsis
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The most complete and up-to-date guide to battery technology and selection
Thoroughly revised throughout, Linden's Handbook of Batteries, Fourth Editions provides authoritative coverage of the characteristics, properties, and performance of every major battery type. New information on emerging battery systems and their applications is included in this definitive volume. International experts offer unparalleled technical guidance on using leading-edge technologies, materials, and methods in new designs and products, and selecting the most suitable battery for a particular application. All of the in-depth data you need is contained in this comprehensive resource. The book will be useful to graduate students, battery researchers, applications engineers, and all others interested in the state-of-the-art in battery technology.
Linden's Handbook of Batteries, Fourth Edition covers:
- PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
- PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BATTERIES
- SPECIALIZED BATTERY SYSTEMS
- FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITORS
Includes new chapters on:
- Battery modeling
- Battery electrolytes
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Battery selection for consumer electronics
- Batteries for electric, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles
- Batteries for electrical energy storage systems
- Batteries for biomedical applications
- Button cell batteries
- Batteries for military and space applications, including reserve water-activated and reserve military batteries
- Electrochemical capacitors
Synopsis
The most complete and up-to-date guide to battery technology and selection
Thoroughly revised throughout, Linden's Handbook of Batteries, Fourth Editions provides authoritative coverage of the characteristics, properties, and performance of every major battery type. New information on emerging battery systems and their applications is included in this definitive volume. International experts offer unparalleled technical guidance on using leading-edge technologies, materials, and methods in new designs and products, and selecting the most suitable battery for a particular application. All of the in-depth data you need is contained in this comprehensive resource. The book will be useful to graduate students, battery researchers, applications engineers, and all others interested in the state-of-the-art in battery technology.
Linden's Handbook of Batteries, Fourth Edition covers: PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION PRIMARY AND SECONDARY BATTERIES SPECIALIZED BATTERY SYSTEMS FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITORS
Includes new chapters on: Battery modeling Battery electrolytes Lithium-ion batteries Battery selection for consumer electronics Batteries for electric, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles Batteries for electrical energy storage systems Batteries for biomedical applications Button cell batteries Batteries for military and space applications, including reserve water-activated and reserve military batteries Electrochemical capacitors
About the Author
Thomas Reddy, Ph.D., a pioneer in the lithium battery field, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. He previously served as Vice President of Power Conversion Inc., (currently Hawker Electracell, Inc.) and Yardney Technical Products, Inc. He continues to serve as a consultant to Yardney and other organizations.
David Linden now retired, was previously a consultant with Duracell, Inc. and Director of the Power Sources Division of the U.S. Army Electronics R&D Command.
Table of Contents
Part I: Principles of Operation;
Chapter 1. Basic Concepts;
Chapter 2. Electrochemical Principles and Reactions;
Chapter 3. Factors Affecting Battery Performance;
Chapter 4. Battery Standardization;
Chapter 5. Battery Design;
Chapter 6. Battery Modeling;
Chapter 7. Battery Electrolytes;
Part II: Primary Batteries;
Chapter 8. Introduction;
Chapter 9. Zinc Carbon Batteries;
Chapter 10. Magnesium and Aluminum Batteries;
Chapter 11. Mercuric Oxide and Silver Oxide Batteries;
Chapter 12. Zinc/Air Batteries;
Part III: Secondary Batteries;
Chapter 13. Introduction;
Chapter 14. Lead-Acid Batteries;
Chapter 15. Value Regulated Lead-Acid Batteries;
Chapter 16. Industrial and Aerospace Nickel-Cadmium Batteries;
Chapter 17. Portable Sealed Nickel-Cadmium Batteries;
Chapter 18. Portable Sealed Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries;
Chapter 19. Nickel-Zinc Batteries;
Chapter 20. Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries;
Chapter 21. Silver Oxide Batteries;
Chapter 22. Rechargeable Lithium Batteries;
Chapter 23. Lithium Ion Batteries;
Part IV: Specialized Battery Systems;
Chapter 24. Batteries for Electric Vehicles;
Chapter 25. Metal/Air Batteries;
Chapter 26. Batteries for Load-Leveling and Stand-By Power;
Chapter 27. Batteries for Biomedical Applications;
Chapter 28. Reserve Batteries;
Chapter 29. Nano-sized Batteries;
Part V: Portable Fuel Cells;
Chapter 30. Introduction;
Chapter 31. Small Fuel Cells;
Chapter 32. Stationary Fuel Cells