Battery Operated Devices and Systems

From Portable Electronics to Industrial Products

Gianfranco Pistoia

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN: 9780080932545
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Battery Operated Devices and Systems provides a comprehensive review of the essentials of batteries and battery applications as well as state-of-the-art technological developments. The book covers the most recent trends, especially for the ubiquitous lithium ion batteries. It lays particular emphasis on the power consumption of battery operated devices and systems and the implications for battery life and runtime. Battery management is also dealt with in detail, particularly as far as the charging methods are concerned, along with the criteria of battery choice.This book describes a variety of portable and industrial applications and the basic characteristics of all primary and secondary batteries used in these applications. Portable applications include mobile phones, notebook computers, cameras, camcorders, personal digital assistants, medical instruments, power tools, and portable GPS. Industrial applications range from aerospace and telecommunications to emergency systems, load levelling, energy storage, toll collection, different meters, data loggers, oil drilling, oceanography, and meteorology. The book also discusses wireless connectivity, i.e. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee, and concludes with some market considerations. Links to further reading are provided through the 275 references.This book will be a valuable information source for researchers interested in devices and systems drawing power from batteries. It will also appeal to graduates working in research institutions; universities and industries dealing with power sources and energy conversion; civil, electrical and transport engineers; and chemists.- A comprehensive review of battery applications- Includes 209 figures and 62 tables- Describes state-of-the-art technological developments

Chapter 1. Areas of Battery Applications

1.1. Introduction

This chapter aims at providing an overview of products and systems using batteries. Here, the term product indicates any device – small or large, portable or not – powered by a battery. The term system indicates a large installation, such as an energy storage plant to back up an electricity grid, or an extended sensor network.

Several criteria may be used to classify the countless applications of batteries reported in Table 1.1. In this book, three major categories have been considered: portable, industrial and traction/automotive. The first category is mainly represented by consumer applications but has to be extended to any application whose weight and volume allows portability. Therefore, even applications that a consumer rarely comes to know about, for example in the medical field, are enclosed in this category. Industrial applications encompass a wide spectrum, from robots to weather satellites, from oil drilling to telecommunications. Finally, traction and automotive applications include electric and hybrid electric cars, as well as their control systems. Strictly speaking, car-related applications should also be enclosed among the industrial ones. However, they are treated in a separate chapter because of their special interest: many people are willing to know more about these cars and their batteries in terms of performance, cost, reliability and development perspectives.

Table 1.1. Applications using batteries (listed in alphabetical order).

Aerospace

Access control devices

Airborne control devices

Aircraft

Alarms – burglar

Alarm – fire

Alarm monitoring

Alarm panels

Alarm – pollution

Alarm refrigerator

Alarm water level

Alarm – seismic

Alert devices

Animal ID readers

Animal tracking

Appliances – portable

Audio video equipment

Automobile electronic systems

Automotive accessories

Automotive electronic memory

Automotive fuel systems

Automotive locator for theft

Automotive security systems

Avalanche rescue transmitters

Backup power

Ball pitching equipment

Bar code scanners – portable

Bone healing aids

Buoy – oceanographic

Cable TV

Calculators

Calorimeters

Camcorders

Cameras

Cargo tracking

Chemical sensors

Cellular telephones

Clocks

Clocks – scientific

Clockwise operated devices

Communications diagnostic equipment

Communication – radio

Communication telephone systems

Computer – p...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Brief Table of Contents
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Areas of Battery Applications
• BibliographyReferences
• Chapter 2. Battery Categories and Types
• BibliographyReferences
• Chapter 3. Portable Applications
• BibliographyReferences
• Chapter 4. Industrial Applications (Except Road Vehicles)
• BibliographyReferences
• Chapter 5. Vehicle Applications
• BibliographyReferences
• Appendix List of Acronyms
• Appendix Color Plates