May 2015
Intermediate to advanced
546 pages
18h 52m
English
C. Arbizzani; F. De Giorgio; M. Mastragostino Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
This chapter discusses the evaluation of the key parameters of lithium-ion batteries for power assist and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle applications on the basis of reference tests set up by the US Advanced Battery Consortium–Department of Energy; a battery case study is used to highlight the analysis procedure. The chapter then briefly summarizes the main characteristics of lithium-ion batteries already on the market and under development, with emphasis also given to the safety of each battery-chemistry. The use of supercapacitors (ultracapacitors) in parallel with the batteries ...
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