System and method for battery charging
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1. A method for charging flooded deep cycle lead acid batteries comprising the steps of:
- applying charging energy to such a battery;
monitoring the charging energy as to quantity delivered to the battery and its dv/dt and d2v/dt2 aspects;
by use of information about a first amount of charging energy delivered to the battery to a point in the process when dv/dt is a maximum and d2v/dt2=0, determining at that point and delivering to the battery beyond that point a defined quantity of charging energy additive to said first amount adequate to overcharge the battery to a predetermined extent related to said first amount.
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Abstract
A method for charging a lead acid storage battery to advantageously extend its life is described. The termination of a charging process is based upon an evaluation of the first derivative (dv/dt) and second derivative (d2v/dt2) of the applied charging voltage. By utilizing the first derivative (dv/dt) and second derivative (d2v/dt2) as charging criteria, an amount of overcharge is applied to the battery that takes into account the precise amount of amp-hours previously removed from the battery. A charger arrangement for performing a charging process of the invention also is described.
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1. A method for charging flooded deep cycle lead acid batteries comprising the steps of:
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applying charging energy to such a battery; monitoring the charging energy as to quantity delivered to the battery and its dv/dt and d2v/dt2 aspects;
by use of information about a first amount of charging energy delivered to the battery to a point in the process when dv/dt is a maximum and d2v/dt2=0, determining at that point and delivering to the battery beyond that point a defined quantity of charging energy additive to said first amount adequate to overcharge the battery to a predetermined extent related to said first amount.
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2. A method for charging flooded deep cycle lead acid batteries comprising the steps of:
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applying to such a battery a first amount of charging energy adequate, in combination with an initial charge condition of the battery, to cause the battery to attain a detectable charge state which is less than a full charge condition and which has a known relation to a full charge condition, and applying to the battery a further second increment of charging energy which is adequate, in combination with the initial charge condition and the first amount of charging energy, to overcharge the battery to a selected extent and the quantity of which is determined as a selected percentage of the first amount of charging energy when the detectable charge state is attained. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for charging deep cycle lead acid batteries comprising:
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applying charging energy to such a battery; detecting a point of 98% of full charge in the charging process; monitoring the charging energy provided in amp hours to attain the 98% full charge point; determining the remaining charging energy to be applied to fully charge the battery and to overcharge the battery by an amount substantially equal to a predetermined percentage of the quantity of energy applied to the battery from the commencement of charging to the 98% full charge point of the battery; and applying the remaining charging energy to the battery. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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- 9. Apparatus for charging flooded deep cycle lead acid batteries which includes a DC source, a mechanism operable to measure the amount of charging energy delivered to a battery from the beginning of a battery charging event, and a mechanism operative for detecting when a battery being charged by the apparatus is at a detectable point in a charging event at which the battery has a certain state of charge less than full charge and for determining at that point and controlling the application to the battery beyond that point of a further quantity of charging energy effective to overcharge the battery by a selected percentage of the amount of charging energy delivered to the battery to that detectable point in that charging event.
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