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HANDBOOK OF BATTERIES
Smaller, lighter, more powerful and longer-lasting batteries are
necessities in the increasingly portable, ever-more-wireless
world of laptops, handheld, cell phones, medical devices, and
other modern necessities.
Edited by battery experts David Linden, battery consultant and
editor of the first two editions, and Dr. Thomas Reddy, a pioneer
in the lithium battery field, Linden's Handbook of Batteries,
Third Edition, provides you with authoritative information on the
characteristics, properties, and performance of every major
battery type. This edition focuses on advances in cell efficiency
over the past six years, including new information on lithium ion
and large nickel metal hydride batteries, and portable fuel
cells. This unparalleled resource puts at your fingertips the
best technical guidance available anywhere, so you can: Determine
the performance characteristics of batteries under all
conditions; Select the most suitable battery for a given
application; Apply leading-edge technologies, materials, and
methods in new designs and products and have necessary data and
equations at your fingertips.
Contents include: Principles of Operation, Primary Batteries,
Reserve Batteries, Secondary Batteries. (Battery Man 2002-06-01)
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From the Back Cover
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BETTER BATTERIES
Smaller, lighter, more powerful, and longer-lasting: the better
battery is a much-sought commodity in the increasingly portable,
ever-more-wireless world of electronics. Powering laptops,
handhelds, cell phones, pagers, watches, medical devices, and
many other modern necessitites, batteries are crucial to today's
cutting-edge technologies.
BEST CHOICE FOR BATTERY DESIGN AND EVALUATION
This definitive guide from top international experts provides
the best technical guidance you can find on designing winning
products and selecting the most appropriate batteries for
particular applications. HANDBOOK OF BATTERIES covers the field
from the tiniest batteries yet devised for life-critical
applications to the large batteries required for electric and
hybrid electric vehicles.
EXPERT INFORMATION
Edited by battery experts David Linden, battery consultant and
editor of the first two editions, and Dr. Thomas Reddy, a pioneer
in the lithium battery field, HANDBOOK OF BATTERIES updates you
on current methods, helps you solve problems, and makes
comparisons easier. Essential for professionals, valuable to
hobbyists, and preferred as a consumer guide for battery
purchasers, this the THE source for battery information.
The only comprehensive reference in the field, HANDBOOK OF
BATTERIES has more authoritative information than any other
source:
* Authored by a team of leading battery technology experts from
around the globe
* Covers the characteristics, properties, and performance of
every major battery type
* Entirely revised, including new information on Lithium Ion and
Large Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, and portable fuel cells.
This one-of-a-kind HANDBOOK helps you:
* Apply leading-edge technologies, materials, and methods in new
designs and products
* Predict battery performance under any conditions
* Have all the needed data and equations at your fingertips
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About the Author
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DAVID LINDEN has been active in
battery research, development, and engineering for more than 50
years. He was Director of the Power Sources Division of the U.S.
Army Electronics R&D Command. Many of the batteries and power
sources currently in use, including lithium batteries and fuel
cells, resulted from R&D programs at that Division. Mr. Linden is
now a consultant on the development and application of new
primary and rechargeable batteries. He is a member of national
and interntional groups establishing standards for these new
technologies.
THOMAS B. REDDY, Ph.D.was a leader in the development of lithium
primary batteries and served as a Vice President of Power
Conversion, Inc. (later Hawker Eternacell, Inc.) and Yardney
Technical Products, Inc. He continues to act as a consultant to
the battery industry. Dr. Reddy is an Adjunct Assistant Professor
in the Bio-Engineering Division of the Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Scientist in the
School of Engineering of Rutgers University.
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