Authors : Dr. P. G. Balakrishnan

Lead Storage Batteries
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    Table of contents

    ·        The history of lead-acid battery

    ·        Introduction to batteries

    ·        Fundamentals of batteries

    ·        Raw materials for manufacture of lead-acidbatteries

    ·        Components of lead-acid batteries

    ·        Electrolytes

    ·        Designing of lead-acid battery

    ·        Manufacturing of flat plate lead-acid batteries

    ·        Manufacture of tubular plates

    ·        Manufacture of valve-regulated lead-acidbatteries

    ·        Manufacture of plant cells

    ·        Charging methods of lead-acid batteries

    ·        Evaluation of lead-acid batteries

    ·        Factors affecting performance of lead-acidbattery

    ·        Failure analysis of lead-acid batteries-defects,causes and remedies

    ·        General instructions in battery care andmaintenance

    ·        Applications of lead-acid batteries

    ·        Recovery of lead (lead alloy) from scrapbatteries

    ·        Lead-acid battery plant-lay-out andcost-accounting

    ·        Safety aspects, health hazards in themanufacture of lead-acid battery

    ·        Pollution control in lead-acid battery industry

    ·        An overview of battery systems for electricvehicles

    ·        Recent developments in battery monitoring

    ·        Nomenclature and standardization of batteries

    ·        Characterization and evaluation of raw materialsand components

    ·        Dry charging of lead-acid battery plates


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Dr. P. G. Balakrishnan is an Retired scientist fromCentral Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, India, aconstituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) dedicated to the interdisciplinary science of Electrochemistry. He has arich knowledge of lead acid battery. He has obtained his doctoral degree fromIndian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, for his work on lead acid battery. Withhis industrial experience, he has been instrumental in starting several smallscale lead acid battery industries throughout India.