Re: Why not Lead Cobalt anda Histerical look Back

[billglic@juno.com]

How to determine how much extra can get out with 2, 3, or 4 interconnects
over just 1 interconnect ?

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 04:40:57 -0600 Bryan Andersen <bryan@visi.com>
writes:
> Peter VanDerWal wrote:
> > 
> > Well, if I use larger/more connections then they have less 
> resistance. So if
> > I reduce battery resistance by 0.000000001 ohm, I can CLAIM that 
> the
> > batteries can handle higher current charge/discharge can't I?
> > 
> > I don't know if that's the case hear, but most of what I've heard 
> about
> > tri-polar batteries leads me to think they are more hype than 
> substance.
> 
> To me it sounds like the substance is the cooling of the 
> interconnects 
> by the electrolyte and the convection in the electrolyte caused by 
> it's 
> heating by the interconnects.  If I remember correctly, mixing the 
> electrolyte in a cell improved energy extraction at high current 
> draw 
> rates, but goes to zero improvement at low current draw rates.  
> Basically only so much energy can be stored in a battery with a 
> given 
> cell chemistry.  Fluid cooling of the interconnects will help them 
> last 
> longer and carry more current for a given cross sectional area.
> 
> 
> -- 
> |  Bryan Andersen   |   bryan@visi.com   |   http://www.nerdvest.com 
>   |
> | Buzzwords are like annoying little flies that deserve to be 
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> |   -Bryan Andersen                                                  
>   |
> 

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