Batteries are an integral and vital component in numerous products and applications, from toys, games and domestic household appliances to communications, safety, aerospace and defence technology. Researchers, designers, manufacturers or specifiers in these fields will need to know exactly which to use for the characteristics needed. This book supplies coverage of all types of battery currently manufactured, ranging from minute button cells to large installations. The book guides the reader through the subject in a logical sequence and covers electrochemical theory as it applies to batteries; battery selection, theory, design, electrical and performance characteristics, applications of various types of battery, theory and practice of battery charging. It provides comprehensive information from battery manufacturers about the performance characteristics of the batteries they supply. The book is intended for designers of all types of equipment using batteries, and for electrical and electronics engineers in industry who use betteries in their work.
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Elektor Electronics: 'Until Battery Reference Book became available... I and many of my colleagues had nothing to refer to but the manufacturers' data sheets.'
Review of the second edition:
Elektor Electronics: 'Battery Reference Book should prove a godsend for designers of all types of battery-operated equipment, battery manufacturers, and electrical and electronic engineers and technicians who use batteries in their work. It should also prove useful to research organizations.'
"Battery Reference Book... is probably the most comprehensive battery reference book you'll find... This is a one-of-a-kind book... Clearly written with a slightly English tone, batteryists everywhere should include it in the technical library. Highly recommended."
Jim Hansen
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Elektor Electronics: 'Until Battery Reference Book became available... I and many of my colleagues had nothing to refer to but the manufacturers' data sheets.'
Review of the second edition:
Elektor Electronics: 'Battery Reference Book should prove a godsend for designers of all types of battery-operated equipment, battery manufacturers, and electrical and electronic engineers and technicians who use batteries in their work. It should also prove useful to research organizations.'
"Battery Reference Book... is probably the most comprehensive battery reference book you'll find... This is a one-of-a-kind book... Clearly written with a slightly English tone, batteryists everywhere should include it in the technical library. Highly recommended."
Jim Hansen
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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By Bill Baker (Denver, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Battery Reference Book, Third Edition (Hardcover)
I needed a complete, up to date battery reference book. With a publishing date in 2000 and a hefty price tag, I thought The Battery Reference Book by T.R. Crompton would be just the ticket but I was wrong. I admit that there is a lot of information in this book about yesterday's battery technology but look for modern Lithium Ion and Lithium Polymer and you wont find it. Since I can't find this information I worry that other, emerging technologies are coming, and I won't find out about them in this book either. I have to blame myself for making the mistake of buying this book. I should have researched more. If you are looking for a battery book that includes Lithium Ion and Lithium polymer, skip this one.
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This review is from: Battery Reference Book, Third Edition (Hardcover)
Good overview of battery chemistry and types. However very little up-to-date info on NiMH and lithium ion batteries.
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A galvanic or voltaic cell consists of two dissimilar electrodes immersed in a conducting materials such as a liquid electrolyte or a fused salt; when the two electrodes are connected by a wire a current will flow. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chloride primary batteries, hydride secondary batteries, standby power batteries, sealed cylindrical cells, various discharge rates, depolarized batteries, motive power batteries, antipolar mass, recombining types, sulphide battery, alkaline manganese dioxide battery, basic cell reaction, energy density data, rechargeable single cells, sintered cells, alkaline manganese dioxide batteries, typical discharge characteristics, alkaline manganese dioxide cells, thermally activated batteries, heat production per unit time, solid electrolyte batteries, chromate cells, good charge retention, excellent storage characteristics, rated ampere hour capacity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eagle Picher, Catalyst Research Corporation, Courtesy of Union Carbide, Courtesy of Chloride Batteries, Courtesy of Varta, Nife Jungner, General Electric, Courtesy of Honeywell, Courtesy of Mallory, Ever Ready, Courtesy of Yuasa, Courtesy of Yardney, Chloride Motive Power, Length Width Height, Mallory Duracell, Courtesy of the Swiss Post Office, Varta Varta, Beta Battery Workshop, Courtesy of Dryfit, Courtesy of Duracell, Courtesy of Marathon, Chloride Silent Power, Mine Safety Appliances, Yardney Silvercel, Air Force New!
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A galvanic or voltaic cell consists of two dissimilar electrodes immersed in a conducting materials such as a liquid electrolyte or a fused salt; when the two electrodes are connected by a wire a current will flow. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chloride primary batteries, hydride secondary batteries, standby power batteries, sealed cylindrical cells, various discharge rates, depolarized batteries, motive power batteries, antipolar mass, recombining types, sulphide battery, alkaline manganese dioxide battery, basic cell reaction, energy density data, rechargeable single cells, sintered cells, alkaline manganese dioxide batteries, typical discharge characteristics, alkaline manganese dioxide cells, thermally activated batteries, heat production per unit time, solid electrolyte batteries, chromate cells, good charge retention, excellent storage characteristics, rated ampere hour capacity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eagle Picher, Catalyst Research Corporation, Courtesy of Union Carbide, Courtesy of Chloride Batteries, Courtesy of Varta, Nife Jungner, General Electric, Courtesy of Honeywell, Courtesy of Mallory, Ever Ready, Courtesy of Yuasa, Courtesy of Yardney, Chloride Motive Power, Length Width Height, Mallory Duracell, Courtesy of the Swiss Post Office, Varta Varta, Beta Battery Workshop, Courtesy of Dryfit, Courtesy of Duracell, Courtesy of Marathon, Chloride Silent Power, Mine Safety Appliances, Yardney Silvercel, Air Force New!
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- Materials for Advanced Batteries (NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series: Series B, Physics) by D. W. Murphy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Batteries and Energy Systems by Charles L. Mantell in Back Matter
- Batteries on Ships (Electronic & Electrical Engineering Research Studies) by Norman E. Bagshaw in Back Matter
- The Primary Battery, Vol. 2 (Electrochemical Society Series) (v. 2) by George W. Heise in Back Matter
- The Complete Battery Book by Richard A. Perez in Back Matter
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- DC Power System Design for Telecommunications (IEEE Telecommunications Handbook Series) by Whitham D. Reeve on page 188
- Passive Electronic Component Handbook by Charles A. Harper on page 430
- Understanding Batteries (RSC Paperbacks) by R.M. Dell in Back Matter
- Batterien und Akkumulatoren: Mobile Energiequellen für heute und morgen (German Edition) by Lucien F. Trueb in Back Matter
- Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory, and Design (Power Electronics and Applications Series) by Mehrdad Ehsani on page 332
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