scholarly journals Modeling of the Electrochemical Reactions at the Electrode-Electrolyte Interface of Nickel/Metal Hydride Batteries by an Equivalent Electrical Circuit

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. p241
Author(s):  
M. Ben Moussa ◽  
M. Abdellaoui

Based on the experimental impedance spectra, the electrochemical reactions that are deposed at the electrode-electrolyte interface can be modeled by equivalent electrical circuits. Each element used in the circuit must have a physical correspondence in the electrochemical system. In this work, a model has been proposed to a NiMH battery electrode to describe, in detail, the electrochemical process at the interface of this electrode. The theoretical impedance of a proposed circuit is a function of several variables. These adjusted variables to reach a good agreement between the theoretical spectra and the experimental spectra in the studied frequency. The Z-simplex software allows refining the experimental results. These results show a good superposition between the experimental spectra and the theoretical spectra corresponding to the proposed electric circuit. This leads to the conclusion that the proposed circuit describes the phenomena that take place at the interface of the hydride electrode.

Author(s):  
Zakaria Chehab ◽  
Lorenzo Serrao ◽  
Yann G. Guezennec ◽  
Giorgio Rizzoni

During a battery's lifetime, its performance slowly deteriorates because of the degradation of its electrochemical constituents. This degradation produces undesirable effects that include the loss of rated capacity, faster temperature rise during operation, less charge acceptance, higher internal resistance, lower voltage, and more frequent self-discharge. The most drastic effect is the loss of capacity. This paper presents a method to quantify the electrochemical process behind the aging of a battery by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy as a tool to measure the change in battery parameters. While classical methods would relate battery age to impedance measurements at one specific frequency, this method measures the battery impedance at different frequencies and evaluates the variation in the frequency response spectrum with respect to battery age. The variation of the impedance spectrum from one experiment to another allows to get a better characterization of the aging process.


Author(s):  
Lillian Hoddeson ◽  
Peter Garrett

With part of the ARCO funding, Ovshinsky established a sizeable research program to investigate hydrogen as an alternative energy source. The researchers collaboratively discovered that by forming hydrides the multi-element disordered materials used in researching hydrogen storage could be successfully used in a rechargeable battery, called the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery. Produced by the Ovonic Battery Company, ECD’s new battery became one of its most successful commercial products. An automotive version powered General Motors’ electric car, the EV1, and it is still used in hybrids like the Toyota Prius. Ovshinsky also worked on the automotive use of hydrogen both in fuel cells and in an internal combustion engine, which was successfully tested in prototype hydrogen cars. Ultimately, however, ECD failed to attract the support needed to develop its hydrogen-fueled car commercially.


1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 514-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Cheng ◽  
C. Wang ◽  
A. M. Sastry ◽  
S. B. Choi

Models are presented for the evolution of transport and mechanical properties of nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery substrates. In the first paper in this series (Wang et al., 1999), conductive losses and enhancement of mechanical properties in these materials were quantified experimentally. These were qualitatively shown to be related to observed morphological changes in the substrate materials. Here, an evolution hypothesis for changes in these structures is presented, along with a simplified approximation of the real material microstructure (porous fiber/powder nickel network) with a tractable simulation geometry (porous fiber networks). Transport and mechanics models are then compared with experimental results, with stochastically-arranged fibers approximated as conductive beams connected by elastic torsion springs. Both quantitative and qualitative agreement are found with the models. Limitations of the approaches proposed are also discussed, along with the consequences of the simplifications of geometry for analysis.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salim Erol

In this study, a simulation of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for lithium-ion batteries was proposed. The electrochemical process was developed from battery electrode kinetics and mass transfer of mobile Li+ ion through negative and positive electrodes and electrolyte. The phenomena used in this process were represented by an equivalent electrical circuit. A mathematical model was designed using the equivalent circuit and its elements which are in fact battery parameters. The parameter values were presented as compared with real experimental impedance result.


2020 ◽  
pp. 57-79
Author(s):  
Shuoyao Wang ◽  
Jeongsoo Yu

To reduce air pollution and avoid petroleum exhaustion problem, many advanced countries, especially Japan installed Hybrid Vehicles (HV). As the use of HV popularizes around the world, there will be a huge amount of End-of-Life HV in the near future, and the proper treatment of these End-of-Life HVs, especially the waste NiMH (Nickel-Metal Hydride) batteries, will become a serious problem. Currently, the recycling of NiMH battery is gaining substantial attention. However, instead of recycling waste NiMH batteries directly, regenerating and reusing a used NiMH battery for a secondhand HV will largely reduce waste battery generation and demand for new NiMH battery. However, the environmental impact of regenerating and reusing a waste NiMH battery was not clear and has not been compared with the situation when using a brand-new NiMH battery. The purpose of this research is to compare the environmental performance (CO2 emission) of regenerated NiMH battery and brand-new NiMH battery in an HV from their production to usage stage and to discuss the validity of using a regenerated NiMH in Japan and in other countries using the Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach. This research analyzed the composition of a NiMH battery and the CO2 emission during the manufacture, transportation, regeneration and usage process of a NiMH battery. The data used in this research was collected from reports and data published by the government of Japan, vehicle makers and previous studies. Original field survey and interview research on battery regeneration operators were also performed. The result showed that there is not a big difference in environmental effect. Moreover, by doing so, a huge amount of resource will be saved from battery manufacturing process while reducing waste generation. It is recommended that waste NiMH battery should be regenerated and reused in HV instead of being recycled directly in the future.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Dedy Ramdhani Harahap

The use of electric vehicles (EVs) is viewed as an attractive solution to reduce CO2 emissions and fuel consumption resulted from transport sector, but the EVs implementation is limited to driving distance and and the charging process that inconvenience. The analysis of energy consumption characteristics of Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery that commonly used as the energy source for EVs become an important foundation to study the durability and performance of the battery when applied in addition to increase the driving range from this EVs. This research aims to test the durability and the performance of the Eneloop type of Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery that used for the racing car competed on ENE1-GP Japan at Suzuka Circuit Japan. From this experiment will be achieve the energy consumption estimation systematically, based on this data the parameters can be decided accurately for the EVs that attend the competition. The battery will be test under room temperature and the load given during the test from 0.1A to 10A. The average temperature during the performance test were observed using thermal camera. The best result from this experiment is on 5A, the battery will effectively use and can fit the requirement to complete the race in 18 minutes and 49 seconds for 3 cycles (laps). On the other hand, this data also can become the foundation to develop the electric vehicle which has similar specification.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 1248
Author(s):  
Jenny Börjesson Axén ◽  
Rudi Soares ◽  
Oskar Wallmark ◽  
Peter Thelin ◽  
Erika Widenkvist Zetterström ◽  
...  

Batteries in energy storage systems are exposed to electrical noise, such as alternating current (AC) harmonics. While there have been many studies investigating whether Lithium-ion batteries are affected by AC harmonics, such studies on Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries are scarce. In this study a 10 Ah, 12 V NiMH battery was tested with three different harmonic current frequency overlays during a single charge/discharge cycle: 50 Hz, 100 Hz, and 1000 Hz. No effect on battery internal temperature or gas pressure was found, indicating that NiMH battery aging is not affected by the tested harmonic AC frequencies. This can reduce the cost of energy storage systems, as no extra filters are needed to safeguard the batteries. Instead, the capacitive properties of the batteries give the possibility to use the battery bank itself as a high pass filter, further reducing system complexity and cost.


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