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Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 1- Rev. 5, December 2003 Handbook for Gel-VRLA-Batteries Part 2: Installation, Commissioning and Oper

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 10- Rev. 5, December 2003 3.4 Measures for Battery Storage • The storage area and ambient, respectively

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 11- Rev. 5, December 2003 • Trickle charging mode in storage Constant current- constant voltage (IU-) ch

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 12- Rev. 5, December 2003 4. INSTALLATION 4.1 Battery Rooms, Ventilation and General Requirements Gener

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 13- Rev. 5, December 2003 • The grounding of racks or cabinets should be carried out in accordance with t

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 14- Rev. 5, December 2003 installing the battery is responsible for the declaration and applying the CE ma

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 15- Rev. 5, December 2003 Also, the type of lead-acid batteries may differ as long as the requested chargi

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 16- Rev. 5, December 2003 6. OPERATION 6.1 Float Voltage and Float Current • A temperature related adj

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 17- Rev. 5, December 2003 When recharging up to 2.4 Vpc the actual value of the alternating current is occ

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 18- Rev. 5, December 2003 2,152,202,252,302,352,402,452,502,55-20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50Temperature [° C]Volt

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 19- Rev. 5, December 2003 Float Voltage Deviation • The individual cell or bloc float voltages may devia

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 2- Rev. 5, December 2003 CONTENT Handbook for Gel-VRLA-Batteries Part 2: Installation, Commission

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 20- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 7: Float Voltage Deviation in A 400 Batteries (6V-blocs) Fig. 8: Float Vol

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 21- Rev. 5, December 2003 6.2 Charging Conditions • The constant current – constant voltage (IU) char

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 22- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 9: Re-charging at 2.25 Vpc, 1 * I10 Fig. 10: Re-charging at 2.40 Vpc, 1

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 23- Rev. 5, December 2003 6.3 Efficiency of Re-Charging • Ah-Efficiency Discharg

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 24- Rev. 5, December 2003 Recharging: IU-Charging 2.25 Vpc, 1*I10, Expected re-charging time (incl. cha

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 25- Rev. 5, December 2003 6.4 Equalizing Charge Because it is possible to exceed the permitted load volt

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 26- Rev. 5, December 2003 6.5 Discharge Even if Gel-VRLA-batteries are deep-discharge resistant their se

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 27- Rev. 5, December 2003 Example: Battery final voltage Uf = 1.75 Vpc è Weakest

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 28- Rev. 5, December 2003 Deeper discharge (higher DOD) results in lower number of cycles because the acti

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 29- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 12: A 700; Number of Cycles vs. Depth of Discharge (DOD) Fig. 13: A 600, N

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 3- Rev. 5, December 2003 7. Recycling 42 8. List of References 42

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 30- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 14: SOLAR, Number of Cycles vs. Depth of Discharge (DOD) Fig. 15: SOLAR

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 31- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 16: A 600 SOLAR, Number of Cycles vs. Depth of Discharge (DOD) 6.6.2 S

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 32- Rev. 5, December 2003 Battery Sizing: Details • Hours/days of battery reserve requested? • Final d

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 33- Rev. 5, December 2003 Solar batteries have also to be operated at States-of-Charge (SOC) less than 100

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 34- Rev. 5, December 2003 6.7 Internal Resistance Ri • The internal resistance Ri is determined acc. to

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 35- Rev. 5, December 2003 6.8 Influence of Temperature • Nominal temperature is 20° C and the optimal t

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 36- Rev. 5, December 2003 This is even valid for all batteries with positive grid plate design (A 400,

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 37- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 19: A 400, A 500, SOLAR, SOLAR BLOCK: Capacity (% rated capacity) v

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 38- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 21: A 400, Service Life vs. Temperature (following law of “Arrhenius”). Equi

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 39- Rev. 5, December 2003 6.9 Inspections and Maintenance 6.9.1 General Items and Checks acc. to “Operat

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 4- Rev. 5, December 2003 DESIGN OF A Gel VALVE-REGULATED LEAD ACID CELL (TYPE OPzV) (Gel = wi

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 40- Rev. 5, December 2003 In addition, annual measurement and recording: - Voltage of all cells / blocs

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 41- Rev. 5, December 2003 If impedance or conductance measurements are used for VRLA batteries it is recom

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 42- Rev. 5, December 2003 7. RECYCLING Lead-acid batteries are recyclable products. Recognizing the need

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 43- Rev. 5, December 2003 /9/ International standard IEC 61427 “Secondary Cells and Batteries for Solar P

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 44- Rev. 5, December 2003 Appendix A 1 Battery Rooms, Ventilation, Installations General: This is a gui

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 45- Rev. 5, December 2003 Room inlets and outlets: The way of air circulation should be as shown below. A

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 46- Rev. 5, December 2003 The following table states the values for Igas to be used: Operation Vented c

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 47- Rev. 5, December 2003 3.2 Close vicinity to the battery From EN 50 272: „…In the close vicinity of t

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 48- Rev. 5, December 2003 Example 6: Cell, vented type, one vent, 1500 Ah. Boost charge à Igas = 20 (a

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 49- Rev. 5, December 2003 5. Installation (racks, cabinets) Batteries shall be installed in clean, dry

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 5- Rev. 5, December 2003 1. DELIVERY / RECEPTION • EXIDE Technologies’ valve regulated batteries are de

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 50- Rev. 5, December 2003 Appendix A 2: Charging Time vs. Voltage and Current (see also fig. 9, 10) Fig.

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 51- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 25: Re-charging at 2.25 Vpc and 2 * I10 Fig. 26: Re-charging at 2.30 Vpc a

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 52- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 27: Re-charging at 2.30 Vpc and 1 * I10 Fig. 28: Re- charging at 2.30 Vpc a

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 53- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 29: Re-charging at 2.30 Vpc and 2 * I10 Fig. 30: Re-charging at 2.40 Vpc an

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 54- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 31: Re-charging at 2.40 Vpc and 1.5 * I10 Fig. 32: Re-charging at 2.40 Vpc

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 55- Rev. 5, December 2003 Important Notice: The manufacturer of batteries EXI

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 56- Rev. 5, December 2003 APPENDIX 3: Instructions “Installation Instruction” “Oper

1. Installation preconditions andpreparations1.1Prior to commencing installation, ensure thatthe battery room is clean and dry and that ithas a lockab

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Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 6- Rev. 5, December 2003 2. SAFETY For any operation on the batteries, from storage to recycling, the fol

2,152,202,252,302,352,402,45-20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50Temperature [°C]Voltage [Vpc] Fig. 1: Marathon L, Sprinter P and Powerfit S; C

Fig. 3: A 400; Charging Voltage vs. Temperature 2,102,

2,12,152,22,252,32,352,42,452,5-20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50Temperature [°

2.9 Electrolyte The electrolyte is diluted sulphuric acid and fixed in a glass mat

8. Central degassing 8.1 General items The ventilation of battery rooms and cabinets, respectively, must be carried out acc. to EN 50272-2 alw

8.3 Special conditions and instructions The free air volume inside the cabinet has to be determined by the user. The batteries must be monitored

9.1.4 Marathon L 9.1.5 Marathon M 9.2. GEL 9.2.1 A 400 Discharge time tn 10 min

9.2.2 A 500 9.2.3 A 600 The nominal voltage, the number of cells, the nominal capacity (C10 = CN) and the battery t

9.2.4 A 700

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 7- Rev. 5, December 2003 3. STORAGE In the users interest the storage period should be as short as possib

•• •• • • • • • • • Observe these Instructions and keep them located near the battery for futurereference. Work on the battery should be carried out

2.5 Alternating currentsWhen recharging acc. to fig.1 the actual value ofthe alternating current is occasionally permittedto reach 10 A (RMS)/ 100 Ah

Discharge time 1 h 5 h 10 h 20 h 100 hCapacity C1[Ah] C5[Ah] C10[Ah] C20[Ah] C100[Ah]S 12 / 6.6 S 2.9 4.6 5.1 5.7 6.6S 12 / 17 G5 9.3 12.6 14.3 15 17S

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Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 8- Rev. 5, December 2003 3.2 Storage Conditions • The temperature has an impact on the self-discharge r

Industrial Energy, Technical Support - 9- Rev. 5, December 2003 Fig. 1: Self-Discharge vs. Temperature (standard Gel-batteries) Fig. 2: Self-Dis