Battery Hazards and Accident Prevention
By: by Samuel C. Levy, Per Bro
Contributors: Bro, Per, author; SpringerLink (Online service)
Published: 1994
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781489914590
Subjects: Organic Chemistry; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Optical and Electronic Materials; Optical materials; Inorganic Chemistry; Computer engineering; Engineering, general; Electrical engineering; Chemistry; Engineering
Description: This first-of-its-kind handbook systematically addresses the issue of battery hazards and accident prevention. Chapters discuss the physical and chemical processes that contribute to battery hazards and provide detailed information on appropriate battery selection. The authors discuss primary and rechargeable batteries, new types of high-energy density batteries now entering the consumer market, and battery systems in electric vehicles. Practical and easily accessible, this reference meets the needs of battery engineers, environmentalists, medical personnel, and consumers.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction to Batteries and Safety; title: 1. Batteries and Battery Processes; title: 2. The Nature of Battery Hazards and Accidents; title: II. Fundamental Aspects of Battery Safety; title: 3. Battery Leakage; title: 4. Ruptures; title: 5. Explosions; title: 6. Thermal Runaway; title: III. Aqueous Electrolyte Batteries; title: 7. Primary Batteries; title: 8. Rechargeable Batteries; title: IV. Lithium Batteries; title: 9. Solid Cathode Lithium Systems; title: 10. Lithium/Thionyl Chloride Batteries; title: 11. Lithium/Sulfur Dioxide Batteries; title: 12. Other Soluble Depolarizer Lithium Systems; title: 13. Rechargeable Lithium Systems; title: 14. High-Temperature Systems; title: V. Accident Prevention; title: 15. Safety Evaluation; title: 16. Aqueous Electrolyte Batteries; title: 17. Ambient Temperature Lithium Systems; title: 18. Storage, Transportation, and Disposal of Lithium Cells; title: Definitions and Abbreviations; title: Appendix: Specialty Batteries; title: 1. Nickel/Hydrogen Cells; title: 2. Silver/Hydrogen Cells; title: 3. Redox Flow Batteries; title: 3.1. Iron-Chromium Redox System; title: 3.2. Zinc/Ferricyanide System; title: 4. Liquid Ammonia Battery; title: 5. Aluminum-Air System; title: 6. Zinc/Bromine Battery; title: 7. Zinc/Chlorine Battery; title: References.