Saturday, August 3, 2013

REFINERY BATTERIES



BATTERIES
NICKLE CADMIMUM BATTERIES:
Nickel Cadmium batteries are used in Refineries for its reliability and long life and less maintenance.

Lead acid batteries are also used but life is limited and maintenance costs are high and handling H2So4 is too dangerous for its chemical concentration.

For nickel cadmium batteries potassium hydroxide are used for electrolytes.

Hydrometer is used for measuring the specific gravity of the electrolytes in the batteries and the value should not be less than 1.200 for good sp. Gravity.

While doing Maintenance the batteries should be cleaned, terminal connection should be applied with petroleum jelly for anti corrosion of the terminals distilled water should be topped if the level goes to minimum mark.

Battery will be charged through Battery Charger through SCR rectifier circuit. By charging, the batteries will be maintained periodically.

Boost charging = C / 5 for hours.

C – Ampere hour of design data of battery

If ‘C’ = 100AH

Then charging should be 100 / 5 = 20 A
20 A should be flown for 7 hours for charging the battery to get desired output voltage


Trickle charging = less than 1 A

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