Handbook of Batteries

by David Linden

#1 GUIDE TO BATTERY DESIGN AND EVALUATION

Smaller,lighter,more powerful and longer-lasting batteries are necessities in the increasingly portable,ever-more-wireless world of laptops,handhelds,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
* Have necessary data and equations at your fingertips 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 andselecting 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

Genres: Chemistry, Engineering, Reference

992 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 1994

Reviews

[Katie Galloway · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 4th Edition of the Linden Handbook of Batteries is exceptional in that it recognizes the tremendous progress of the past ten years in this field. Billions of cell phones, billions of portable computer devices and ultimately hundreds of millions of electric vehicles, including electric two-wheelers that number around150 million worldwide today, will be in use because of the rapid advances in the battery technology accurately described in the 4th Edition. Dr. Reddy recognized that major changes have taken place since the last edition and incorporated them in a major restructuring of the Handbook. A new Chapter 29 reviews advances in batteries for electric vehicles including hybrids. The relative importance and future role to be played by Nickel-Metal-Hydride and Lithium Ion batteries are well discussed as both have unique contributions in the marketplace. Applications to the military and space that are so important to national security and earth information, like weather satellites, are highlighted in a new chapter that recognizes this important mission of batteries. Dr. Reddy also has wisely chosen to consolidate information in some chapters for greater access, like Reserve Systems now located with Specialized Battery Systems. The Handbook sectional authors are all very highly respected in their disciplines and some are know by this author. Overall this is an excellent Handbook that is timely and thorough for the most important technology of the 21st century.