scholarly journals Conductive materials for connecting tires of multi-element accumulator traction batteries

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-287
Author(s):  
V. A. Zelenin ◽  
A. T. Volochko ◽  
D. A. Patotsky ◽  
S. N. Yankovich ◽  
I. N. Khrol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spot Welding ◽  
Copper Plate ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
Conductive Materials ◽  
Copper Nickel ◽  
Strength Limit ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Li Ion ◽  
A Current

The article deals with the choice of materials for connecting tires of traction batteries (TB). The optimal parameters of their spot welding with batteries are experimentally established (the first pulse with a current of 7 kA duration of 1 ms, the break between the pulses of 1 ms, the second pulse with a current of 7 kA duration of 2 ms). When operating the traction battery on electric vehicles, the resistance of the connecting tires should not lead to heating of the batteries in order to avoid overheating above 60 °C. In most modern TB, consisting of Li-ion elements, a nickel tape is used for the connection. To ensure the weldability of materials (copper–nickel or nickel–nickel), it is important that the operating temperature is reached at a short-term current pulse in the welding zone. One of the solutions to this problem is the application of a metal coating. Experiments were conducted on the weldability of various materials, including those with applied coatings. The best results in weldability were shown by tires made of tinned copper, which was welded to nickel plates (emitting the battery body). Tear tests of the welded samples were carried out. The tensile strength of the original copper tires was 340–450 MPa. When welding copper–nickel and copper(tinned) – nickel plates, the strength limit values reach 70 % of the strength of the original copper plate. On the basis of the obtained experimental data, a pilot batch of battery TB was manufactured, which successfully passed tests for compliance with the technical requirements for the strength and the value of the transition resistances of the welded joints of connecting buses with batteries.

scholarly journals Influence of air pollution on hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Nis, Serbia

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 473-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoran Milosevic ◽  
Dragan Bogdanovic ◽  
Sladjana Jovic ◽  
Aleksandra Stankovic ◽  
Suzana Milutinovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Sulphur Dioxide ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
Black Smoke

Background/Aim. In studies that investigate the health effects of short-term air pollution exposure, population-wide changes in acute outcomes such as mortality, hospital admissions and healthcare visits are linked to short-term variations in ambient pollutant concentrations. The aim of this study was to estimate the association between daily outdoor black smoke and sulphur dioxide levels and hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Nis, within a period 2001-2005. Methods. A time series analysis was performed using separated regression models for each pollutant and disease group, by age groups and population as a whole. The effects of copollutant, meteorological factors and cyclic oscillations in hospitalization numbers were controlled. Results. A significant increase in hospital admissions was associated with a 10 ?g/m3 increase in the concentration of black smoke, for cardiovascular diseases: 3.14% (< 0.01) in children and youth under 19 years of age, 1.85% (< 0.001) in 19-64 age group, and 0.84% (< 0.05) in all ages, and for respiratory diseases: 1.77% (< 0.05) in 19-64 age group, and 0.91% (< 0.05) in all ages. The effects on hospitalizations for respiratory diseases in children and youth under 19 years of age, and for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in the elderly were not statistically significant. The increase of sulphur dioxide level was associated with the increased number of hospitalizations, for both cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in all age groups, but the influence was not statistically significant. Conclusion. Outdoor pollutants concentrations in urban area of Nis were below regulated limit values during most of the investigated period days but it is shown that even such a level of pollution has a significant effect on hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

scholarly journals Multiple-Input Single-Output Polynomial Nonlinear State-Space Model of the Li-ion Battery’s Short-term Dynamics

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (15) ◽  
pp. 497-502
Author(s):  
Rishi Relan ◽  
Koen Tiels ◽  
Jean-Marc Timmermans ◽  
Johan Schoukens
Keyword(s):  
State Space ◽  
State Space Model ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Space Model ◽  
Single Output ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Li Ion ◽  
Nonlinear State

scholarly journals Rendering Wood Veneers Flexible and Electrically Conductive through Delignification and Electroless Ni Plating

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 3198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minfeng Chen ◽  
Weijun Zhou ◽  
Jizhang Chen ◽  
Junling Xu
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Current Collector ◽  
Carbon Cloth ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Electrically Conductive ◽  
Graphene Foam ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Li Ion ◽  
Electroless Ni ◽  
A Current

Wood has unique advantages. However, the rigid structure and intrinsic insulating nature of wood limit its applications. Herein, a two-step process is developed to render wood veneers conductive and flexible. In the first step, most of the lignin and hemicellulose in the wood veneer are removed by hydrothermal treatment. In the second step, electroless Ni plating and subsequent pressing are carried out. The obtained Ni-plated veneer is flexible and bendable, and has a high tensile strength of 21.9 and 4.4 MPa along and across the channel direction, respectively, the former of which is considerably higher than that of carbon cloth and graphene foam. Moreover, this product exhibits high electrical conductivity around 1.1 × 103 S m−1, which is comparable to that of carbon cloth and graphene foam, and significantly outperforms previously reported wood-based conductors. This work reveals an effective strategy to transform cheap and renewable wood into a high value-added product that rivals expensive carbon cloth and graphene foam. The obtained product is particularly promising as a current collector for flexible and wearable electrochemical energy storage devices such as supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries.

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