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Influence of the Generation of Gas Bubbles in Flooded Lead–Acid Batteries on Their Thermal Behavior

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The thermal behavior of flooded lead–acid batteries with different distances between their electrodes, in which there takes place a temperature rise, was investigated at different rates of charging and discharging of these batteries with the use of the PIV method. It was established that, in the case of small rates of charging and discharging of such a battery, a decrease in the distance between its electrodes leads to a decrease in the temperature rise and in the heat generation in it, while, in the case where these rates are large, the opposite effects take place.

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Published in Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 97, No. 1, pp. 64–77, January–February, 2024.

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Nahidi, S., Salari, M., Gavzan, I.J. et al. Influence of the Generation of Gas Bubbles in Flooded Lead–Acid Batteries on Their Thermal Behavior. J Eng Phys Thermophy 97, 63–77 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-024-02868-4

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