Lead-acid battery

Q1. Describe the construction and operation of a Ni-Cad battery. Compare and contrast the Ni-Cad battery with a Lead-Acid battery. a. Construction: figure 1. Ni-cad battery construction Ni-Cad battery refers to Nickel-cadmium battery which is widely used in industrial world. Basically, the Ni-Cad battery consists of positive and negative plates, separators, electrolyte, cell vent, and cell container. The positive plate in Ni-Cad battery is Nickel Hydroxide Ni(OH)2. However, the negative plate is Cadmium. The electrolyte is made from potassium hydroxide solution (KOH) in distilled water. However, the electrolyte which is made from potassium hydroxide solution dose not enter into chemical reaction with the plates or other chemicals. The…

The available technology points toward the use of lead/acid batteries to supply the power for ZEVs. The negative consequences associated with lead/acid batteries are numerous. For example, lead/acid batteries contain a large amount of lead. When the life of the battery is lost, the disposal of the lead within the battery must be dealt with appropriately. An analysis by researchers at Carnegie-Mellon found that the mass production of electric cars using lead/acid battery packs would exponentially…

Planet Earth is facing a devastating reality of pollution and global warming. Large cities are facing unsafe air quality that has resulted in numerous health complications. Places like China, Pakistan, Iran, and even the United States have experienced smog. Companies are beginning to see the real issue of pollution coming from vehicles. Tesla is one of the companies that has begun to come up with a solution to help with this problem. Tesla has produced an environmentally friendly car that…

BATTERY BANK THE CHEMISTRY According to (Wikipedia, 2016), the deep-cycle battery is a type of lead-acid battery designed to be regularly deeply discharged using the majority of its capacity (45% - 75% depending on manufacturing and construction). These batteries are able to be cycled down to 20% charge, but the best cost vs lifespan method is to keep the average cycle at approximately 45% discharge. There is an indirect correlation between the number of charge and discharge cycles the battery…

As the health and safety manager, I’ve identified that workers were exposed to cadmium and lead. Cadmium is a soft malleable transition metal. It is silvery bluish-white in color. Although toxic by nature, this chemical element is commonly used to create dry cell batteries. Like mercury, cadmium has the lowest melting point of groups three through eleven transition metals. Lead is a malleable soft heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. It bluish-white in color when freshly cut,…

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explored to further expansion and advancement. In order to understand how everyday necessities such as cars, computers, and cell phones are constantly powered, it must first be understood what is in a battery as well as what happens to the ions within the battery. This can be explained by electrochemistry and the reaction that occurs within a battery, which is induced and explored in this experiment. The reaction that occurs within a battery cell is an oxidation-reduction…

General Motors introduced the EV1 in 1996, after over 30 years of testing and exploration. The EV1 was a battery powered vehicle, called the Chevrolet Electovair. The vehicle was principally announced to fulfill the California zero-emissions decree. However, when state guidelines reformed, General Motors allowed their customer leases elapse and terminated manufacturing the EV1 2003. In the end, the EV1 cost GM over $1 billion. General Motors created a model for an electric car that they…

Problem Solution Essay We have made many innovations when it comes to renewable energy technology, but we have a problem. We need a better way to store that energy. The solution is that we must invest new battery technologies to make sustainable energy viable. If the government can fund billions of dollars for renewable energy technologies, they must also invest in battery technology. If this problem isn 't solved, then the energy produced by renewables will never be able to be as effective as…

The Human Battery Do males or females produce the most electric current? Abstract The Human Battery Do males or females produce the most electric current? Abstract The purpose of this project was to determine whether males or females produce the most electric current. An aluminum plate, a copper plate, a micro ammeter, two lead wires with alligator clips, water, notebook paper, and pencil were used as materials. It was predicted that males would produce a greater electric…