Electric Vehicle Battery Systems [Hardcover]

Sandeep Dhameja (Author)

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Hardcover: 252 pages
Publisher: Newnes; 1 edition (Sep 25 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0750699167
ISBN-13: 978-0750699167
Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.1 x 1.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 476 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #779,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9 in Books > Professional & Technical > Engineering > Energy > Batteries
- #10 in Books > Engineering > Energy > Batteries
- #11 in Books > Nonfiction > Automotive > Electric & Hybrid

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Electric Vehicle Battery Systems provides operational theory and design guidance for engineers and technicians working to design and develop efficient electric vehicle (EV) power sources. As Zero Emission Vehicles become a requirement in more areas of the world, the technology required to design and maintain their complex battery systems is needed not only by the vehicle designers, but by those who will provide recharging and maintenance services, as well as utility infrastructure providers. Includes fuel cell and hybrid vehicle applications.

Written with cost and efficiency foremost in mind, Electric Vehicle Battery Systems offers essential details on failure mode analysis of VRLA, NiMH battery systems, the fast-charging of electric vehicle battery systems based on Pb-acid, NiMH, Li-ion technologies, and much more. Key coverage includes issues that can affect electric vehicle performance, such as total battery capacity, battery charging and discharging, and battery temperature constraints. The author also explores electric vehicle performance, battery testing (15 core performance tests provided), lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and hybrid vehicles. In order to make a practical electric vehicle, a thorough understanding of the operation of a set of batteries in a pack is necessary. Expertly written and researched, Electric Vehicle Battery Systems will prove invaluable to automotive engineers, electronics and integrated circuit design engineers, and anyone whose interests involve electric vehicles and battery systems.

* Addresses cost and efficiency as key elements in the design process
* Provides comprehensive coverage of the theory, operation, and configuration of complex battery systems, including Pb-acid, NiMH, and Li-ion technologies
* Provides comprehensive coverage of the theory, operation, and configuration of complex battery systems, including Pb-acid, NiMH, and Li-ion technologies

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Key elements in creating the power sources for EV are cost and efficiency. Electric Vehicle Battery Systems addresses both issues in the design process. In order to make a practical EV, a thorough understanding of the operation of a set of batteries in a pack is necessary. Issues like total capacity, charging and discharging, and temperature constraints, which can all affect performance and therefore practicality, are addressed.

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Road vehicles emit significant air-borne pollution, including 18% of America's suspended particulates, 27% of the volatile organic compounds, 28% of Pb, 32% of nitrogen oxides, and 62% of CO. Read the first page

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1.0 out of 5 stars Outdated book written by an amateur, Jun 1 2007

By Hrafn Arn�rsson - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Electric Vehicle Battery Systems (Hardcover)

In "Electric Vehicle Battery Systems", there is no information on the author's, Sandeep Dhameja's, education. His occupation at the time of publication (2002) seems to be in the field of business consulting. That his education, if any, is not in a technical field at all, becomes credible when reading statements like "... specific power greater than 200 Whr/kg" (p. 13), or "Specific Power: 150-200 Wh/L" (p. 44). Standard (SI) units are used in confusing mixture with non-standard units, even in the same equation, like: "Electrode size: 14.7cm x 29.7cm = 67.7in2" (p. 42). Language usage is poor and the book does not seem to have been proofread. Almost all the discussion in the book refers either explicitly or implicitly to two battery technologies that are outdated for EV energy storage purposes: valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA), and NiMH. Li-ion, which has currently taken over in the industry as a vastly superior technology, is mentioned mainly as a "promising future technology", which, of course, was more or less true in 2002. I give the book one star because in all this desert, there is the occasional cactus of useful information. Regardless of the time factor, Butterworth-Heinemann should be ashamed of themselves for this publication.

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