Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition, Preface to the First Edition, Contributors, 1. Electrochemical Energy Storage, 2. Batteries for Electrically Powered Industrial Trucks, 3. Power Supply Concepts for Driverless Industrial Trucks, 4. Batteries for Electric Road Vehicles, 5. Battery-Powered Traction: The User's Point of View, 6. Safety Standards for Stationary Batteries and Battery Installations, 7. Batteries for Stationary Power Supply, 8. The Operation of Batteries, 9. Motor Vehicle Starter Batteries, 10. High Energy Batteries, 11. Solar Electric Power Supply with Batteries, 12. Charging Methüds and Techniques: General Requirements and Selection of Chargers, 13. Technical Aspects of Chargers and Current Transformers and Methods for Supervision, 14. Standards and Regulations for Batteries and Battery Plants, 15. Batteries, an Overview and Outlook, 16. Feasibility Study for Appliances, 17. Maintenance-Free Lead Batteries with Immobilized Electrolyte, 18. Lithium Batteries: The Latest Variant of Portable Electrical Energy, 19. The Disposal of Portable Batteries, 20. History, Index

About the Author

H. A. Kiehne is a Technical Consultant in the field of battery technology, Breckerfeld, Germany. Previously, he served as Director, VARTA Batterie AG, Hannover, Germany. The author of numerous professional publications, he received the Diploma (1959) in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.

Reviews

"This book is highly recommended . Developers shouldn't miss this as a reference work." - ZVEI: Transformatoren und Stromversorgungen "an invaluable source of illustrative design and performance information."- Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry "[This book] is very complete, well organized with clear explanations and numerous figures." - IEEE Power Electronics Society Newsletter, 3rd Quarter, 2004 "exhaustive and useful." -Electro Technology