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| System
Integration Projects |
| LB-6
VRLA reliability survey and analysis |
| Contractors:
Energetics Inc. |
| Objective: To
obtain a correlation between real world performance of
VRLA in telecommunications and other stationary duties and
prevailing operating parameters |
| Project start
date: 1998 |
| Finish date:
December 2000 |
| Total budget:
$189,000 |
| Report due:
January 2001 |
| LB-10
RAPS Project in Peru |
| Contractors:
ILZRO/RAPS Peru, Orion |
| Objective: To
bring 24 hour electric power to two villages in the Amazon
region of Peru by means of hybrid PV/diesel RAPS systems
using VRLA for energy storage. |
| Project start
date: 2000 |
| Finish
installation: 2001 |
| Total budget:
$2,900,000 |
| Report due:
July 2001 |
| CAT
1.1 Applications of catalytic and electrochemical
recombination to VRLA
batteries
in cycling applications |
| Contractors:
CMP, Philadelphia Scientific |
| Objective: To
enhance the state of charge of the cycling active
materials while minimizing the rate of water loss from the
electrolyte |
| Project start
date: October 2000 |
| Finish date:
September 2002 |
| Total budget:
$106,000 |
| First report
due: April 2001 |
| C
4.1 In-Vehicle algorithm test |
| Contractor:
Optima |
| Objective: To
demonstrate the utility of a recharge algorithm developed
in B007.1 – B007.2 in a vehicle test |
| Project start
date: October 2000 |
| Project finish
date: October 2002 |
| Total budget:
$40,000 |
| Report due:
December 2002 |
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