Life extension through charge equalization of lead-acid batteries

INTELEC, International Telecommunications Energy Conference (Proceedings)

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 516-523

  Krein, Philip T ^a   Balog, Robert S ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

CHARGE EQUALIZATION;

LEAD ACID BATTERIES;

EID: 0036912046     PISSN: 02750473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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