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1.2 Overcoming PCL 3 in PSOC duty |
| Contractor:
CSIRO |
| Objective: To
devise strategies for ensuring that the negative plates of
VLRA batteries maintain high discharge capacity and good
charge acceptance when operated in key
partial-state-of-charge applications |
| Project start
date: 1 July 2000 |
| Finish date: 30
June 2002 |
| Total budget:
$216,000 |
| First report
date due: 1 January 2001 |
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1.4 Mechanistic studies on the oxygen cycle |
| Contractors:
Recombination Technologies, Optima |
| Objectives: To
study mechanistic aspects of the oxygen cycle throughout
lifetime with particular emphasis on capacity fade in the
first 100 to 150 cycles |
| Project start
date: 1 June 2000 |
| Finish date: 31
August 2002 |
| Total budget:
$295,000 |
| First report
due: 1 December 2000 |
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3.1 Influence of residual elements in lead |
| Contractors:
CSIRO, Pasminco, Hammond |
| Objectives: To
determine the influence of residual elements in lead raw
materials and expanders on gassing rates in order to
prevent premature failure in VRLA |
| Project start
date: September 2000 |
| Finish date:
August 2000 |
| Total budget:
$736,000 |
| First report
due: March 2001 |
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1.1 New electrodes for long life and power in VRLA
batteries |
| Contractors:
SCPS: CEAC-Exide and University of Amiens |
| Objective: A
feasibility study of lead-foam based electrodes |
| Project start
date: September 2000 |
| Finish date:
August 2001 |
| Total budget:
$185,000 |
| First Report:
March 2001 |
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