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1 SANDIA REPORT SAND2005-3123 Unlimited Release Printed August 2006 FreedomCAR Electrical Energy Storage System Abuse Test Manual for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Applications Daniel H. Doughty and Chris C. Crafts Prepared by Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 and Livermore, California 94550 Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy s National Nuclear Security Administration under Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. Approved for public release; further dissemination unlimited.

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5 Doughty Lithium Battery Research and Development Department Sandia National Laboratories P. O. Box 5800 Albuquerque, NM 87185-0613 Chris C. Crafts 10283 Ridge Rd. Medina, NY 14103 Consultant to Sandia National Laboratories Abstract This manual defines a complete body of abuse tests intended to simulate actual use and abuse conditions that may be beyond the normal safe operating limits experienced by Electrical Energy Storage systems used in electric and hybrid electric vehicles. The tests are designed to provide a common framework for abuse testing various Electrical Energy Storage systems used in both electric and hybrid electric vehicle applications.

6 The manual incorporates improvements and refinements to test descriptions presented in the Society of Automotive Engineers Recommended Practice SAE J2464 Electric Vehicle Battery Abuse Testing including adaptations to abuse tests to address hybrid electric vehicle applications and other Energy Storage technologies ( , capacitors). These (possibly destructive) tests may be used as needed to determine the response of a given Electrical Energy Storage System design under specifically defined abuse conditions. This manual does not provide acceptance criteria as a result of the testing, but rather provides results that are accurate and fair and, consequently, comparable to results from abuse tests on other similar systems.

7 The tests described are intended for abuse testing any Electrical Energy Storage System designed for use in electric or hybrid electric vehicle applications whether it is composed of batteries, capacitors, or a combination of the two. 4 Acknowledgements Sandia National Laboratories would like to acknowledge and thank Tien Duong of Department of Energy s Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies for the support and funding of this work. Appreciation is extended to Randy Wright, Jeff Belt, and Gary Hunt (retired) of Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and to Terry Unkelhaeuser (retired) of Sandia National Laboratories.

8 We gratefully acknowledge the many useful comments concerning abuse of capacitors received from Mike Everett of Maxwell Technologies, Inc. and the contributions of his staff. We thank E. Peter Roth, Brad Hance and J. Anthony Romero for reviews and improvements of the manuscript as well as test method development. We also thank all of the contributing organizations that participated in this project and contributed to its success. For further information, the technical contact is Daniel H. Doughty, Lithium Battery Research and Development Department, Sandia National Laboratories, phone (505) 845-8105, email: 5 Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations.

9 7 1. 9 9 9 10 2. General Information for all Test 13 General Test Conditions .. 13 Level of Assembly .. 13 System Age .. 13 State of 13 Temperature .. 14 Test Duration .. 14 Data Recording and 14 Measurement Rates and 14 Analysis of Released Gases .. 15 Flammability Analysis .. 15 Fault Tree Analysis .. 15 EUCAR Hazard Levels and Description .. 15 3. Mechanical Abuse Tests .. 17 Controlled Crush .. 17 Penetration .. 18 Drop .. 19 Immersion.

10 20 Roll-over 20 Mechanical Shock .. 21 4. Thermal Abuse Tests .. 23 Thermal Stability .. 23 Simulated Fuel Elevated Temperature Storage .. 27 Rapid Charge/Discharge .. 28 Thermal Shock Cycling .. 28 5. Electrical Abuse 29 Overcharge/Overvoltage .. 29 Short 31 Overdischarge/Voltage Reversal .. 32 Partial Short Circuit .. 33 6. Recommended Test 34 7. 36 Works Cited .. 36 Related Reading .. 36 Appendix A Vibration 37 37 Prerequisites .. 37 Test Equipment.