ALABC Research Projects
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Code | Project | Location | Status |
| A-001.1 | EV Range & Battery Cycle Life Improvement Through Fast Charging & Partial State-of-Charge Operation | Electric Transportation Applications | Active | |
| A-001.3 | Establishment of the Distinction between the Beneficial Effects of Optimum Charge Rate & the Limitation of Overcharge | Cominco | Active | |
| A-001.4 | Battery Management System Test Project | Sacramento Municipal Utility District | Active | |
| A-004.1 | Building & Testing an Optimized Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM) VRLA Battery Containing Flat Plates with Minimum Paste Density, Optimized Compression & Optimized Active material Thickness on the Grids |
East Penn Manufacturing Co. | ||
| A-005.3 | Optimized Tubular VRLA Battery with High Specific Energy for Electric Vehicle Use | Yuasa-Exide | Active | |
| A-008.1 | Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Test Program | Southern California Edison | Active | |
| A-009.1 | Inductive/Conductive Fast Charging Demonstration for Heavy Duty EVs | Georgia tech. NEETRAC | Active | |
| A-010.1 | Evaluation of EV Bicycle, Lead-Acid Battery & Charger Performance Under Real World & Laboratory Conditions | Noranda | Active | |
| B-001.1 | Fundamental Study of the Effects of Compression on the Performance of Active Mass in AGM Batteries | Technical University of Brno | Active | |
| B-001.2 | Extending the Service Life of Lead-Acid Batteries: Development of High Compression Valve-Regulated Designs | CSIRO | Active | |
| B-002.3 | Development of a Separator System for Maintaining Optimum Compression on Electrodes through Cycling Life of VRLA Batteries | Delphi Energy & Engine Mgt. Systems | Active | |
| B-003.4 | An Evaluation of Candidate Separators Made from New Material for AGM Batteries & the Improvement of Granular Silica Batteries which can keep the High Compression | Japan Storage Battery | Active | |
| B-004.1 | Comparison of Phases & Microstructures in Battery Cells with Rapid & Conventional Charging & Evolution with Cycling: Using High Resolution Field Emission Scanning Transmission and Analytical Electron Microscopy & In Situ Neutron Diffraction Study | University of Chicago | Active | |
| B-0005.1 | Development of Advanced Valve Regulated Lead-Acid Batteries for Electric Vehicles | Trojan Battery | Active | |
| B-0005.3 | Raising Positive Plate Performance through the Application of Crystal Shape Modifiers & Acid Supply Enhancers in Concert with Appropriate Compression | CSIRO | Active | |
| B-006.1 | A Review of the State-of-the-Art of the Negative Plate | Ken Peters | Active | |
| B-007.1 | Development of Improved Cycle Life by Design of Charge Algorithms Specifically Aimed at VRLA Batteries | Bob Nelson | Active | |
| B-008.5 | Development of a New Expander for the VRLA Battery in Electric Vehicle Applications | Hammond Group | Active | |
| B-013.1 | Batteries for Hybrid Electric Vehicles | Bob Nelson | Active | |
| BE1(a) | Study of the Effects of Compressive Forces Applied onto the Plate Stack on the Cyclability of AGM VRLA Batteries | Oldham France, S.A., Amer-Sil, S.A., Univ. of Kassel, Hollingsworth & Vose, DARAMIC | Active | |
| BE1(b) | A Novel Type of Separator for Improving the Life of VRLA Batteries | ZSW, Div. 3, DARAMIC | Active | |
| BE2(a) | Design Construction and testing of Optimized Tubular or Strap Grid batteries with Thin Plates | CMP Batteries, Ltd. | Active | |
| BE2(b) | Influences of Pulsed Charge Currents on Specific Energy, Life and Charging Time of Advanced Tubular EV Battery design | ZSW, Div. 3 | Active | |
| BE3 | Improvement in Negative Plate Performance | S.E. Acumulador Tudor | Active |
