Battery Definition and 1000 Threads

  1. S

    I What is the energy output of a Gravity Battery System?

    I have been seeing quite a bit of news on Gravity Batteries, and am curious about the actual energy generated from the stored GPE ? I know GPE = mass x height x gravity h = 50 ft m = 6000 lbs g = 32.2 ft/sec^2 GPE = 9,660,660 joules = 2.68 KWh But what is the actual energy output from this ...
  2. Dario56

    I Energy Flow From Battery to the Light Bulb

    When we connect tungsten filament light bulb to the battery, filament becomes hot due to electrons losing kinetic energy in the electric field inside of conductor. Heat is eventually converted to electromagnetic radiation making light bulb shine. Light energy comes from flow of electrons and...
  3. Y

    Why can a capacitor be charged by a battery (DC)?

    Hello there, I'm perplexed as to why the capacitor is DC-blocking, but the battery (DC) may charge the capacitor. I'd never considered it until I recently read it in a book. I honestly have no idea what's going on. If anyone has any idea why this happens, please let me know. I've read some...
  4. S

    Engineering Using Kirchhoff's Laws to Solve a Circuit with Two Batteries

    Okay so This is what I've tried; a) A formula I've found in the lecture notes; $$ U_a = U_q - R_i*I $$ To get I used the ## I = \frac{P}{U} ## formula I get I to be 0,46 A.Now put back in formula for and rearange to get Ri should be $$ \frac{Ua-Uq}{I} = Ri $$ and the solution should be 0,43...
  5. bob012345

    Electrical Emergency Battery Backup System for TV/Internet During Power Outages

    I am looking for the right size of battery/pure sine-wave inverter to power a system for a few hour when there is a power outage. The system of TV/DVD/Internet uses less than 200 watts at about 1.6Amps. I could just buy a commercial system which runs about 1000$ or assemble a similar design for...
  6. B

    Calculating particle numbers in diffusive equilibrium of a battery

    So I think I have the principles mixed up here because I'm getting kind of "circular" answers. ## N = N_1 + N_2## ##dN## = 0 bc/ particle number fixed so ##dN_1 = -dN_2## ##F = cN^2 = c(N_1 + N_2)^2## In diffusive equilibrium, free energy would be minimized and chemical potentials equal... $$...
  7. Solitron

    Battery - theoretical specific energy

    I want to learn how to calculate maximum theoretical specific energy of various battery combinations consisting of a single metal and single oxidant, like for example Sodium - Sulfur, Potassium - Sulfur or even crazy stuff like Rubiddium - Iodine. I asked this question on stackexchange but I...
  8. nazmulhasanshipon

    Comparing energy lost by the battery & energy gained by the capacitor.

    Imagine the two terminal of a *parallel-plate capacitor* are connected to the two terminal of a battery with electric potential difference #V#. If the capacitance of the capacitor is #C#, and the area of each plate is $A$. In this process would the energy lost by the battery and the stored...
  9. S

    Gato / Balao Submarine "Can't" vs "Must" Surface on Dead Battery

    I've read a lot about Gato / Balao / Tensch class submarines, the ones America used in WWII, and I can't seem to sort out the specific consequences of a dead battery. A lot of you are diesel experts, so maybe someone here knows? Historical accounts are vague. Dead batteries are certainly a big...
  10. T

    Key fob only works on battery and not power supply. What?

    Yesterday the batteries died on my key fob and I didn't have the appropriate batteries to replace them. I thought I could use my power supply to operate the key fob to open the car door but it did not work. I thought that it may be caused by a noisy power supply at the higher frequency range of...
  11. T

    I How a Battery creates a Potential difference in an electrical current

    Hello, I'm seriously confused on several things around how concretely batteries create potential difference in order to force the electrons circulate trought the circuit wire. Almost all explanations I found (wikipedia, diverse tutorials, intro scripts, etc.) explain it in nearly the same...
  12. K

    Could a battery charger be damaged more easily than the battery / device?

    I've got an electric toothbrush which is rechargeable, it had been regularly used and charged for years until one day it didn't charge. I immediately thought that the toothbrush was failing but at the end of the day I found that it was the charging stand failing, the toothbrush was fine. But I...
  13. kyphysics

    Laptop Battery Dying (78%) - Any Steps to Take?

    Using Google, I've read that laptop batteries naturally die over time. Lots of factors. A big one is heat/overheating. I never turn my laptop off, but will start. I've noticed the battery bar going down the past two months or so from 98% to now 78%. I've taken steps to save my important...
  14. V

    B Voltage between the positive terminal of a battery and a point in the air

    If I connect a voltmeter with the positive terminal of a battery and leave the other wire hanging in the air, it won't measure anything since it's not a closed circuit. But if there was a way to measure the voltage between those two points, what would the voltage be? Or is this a meaningless...
  15. Dario56

    Internal Resistance of the Battery - Ohmic Resistance

    When current starts flowing in a circuit, voltage of the battery drops from EMF value. There are three sources of this however here I am only interested in ohmic resistance of the battery. EMF of the battery is created because of electrochemical processes on both electrodes which create...
  16. O

    What happened to make my battery melt?

    hi what can have caused that ? bad connection while charging or driving . on side has melted. this is gel battery is it still safe to use?
  17. M

    Crust on old Battery -- What happens when you drop Vinegar on it?

    I had an old Duracell battery with the bottom covered by a whitish encrustation. When I dropped some vinegar on this, there was a vigorous fizzing, and the encrustation disappeared. Any idea what the encrustation was (presumably soething alkaline, since vinegar is acidic) and what the likely...
  18. russ_watters

    Auto/Motor What's Causing My Kia Stinger's Battery to Drain?

    I drive a 2019 Kia Stinger (purchased in June, 2019) with 22,000 miles on it. It's been having weak battery issues for a while, and I've ignored it but I really shouldn't, so now I'm trying to diagnose it to see if I need a new battery, new alternator or if there is a deeper electrical system...
  19. M

    How could Amazon Web Services interface with battery storage?

    Hi, So this is a purposely abstract question and no specific details of the battery have been provided. I was wondering what type of AWS service would be appropriate to send signals to a battery (to release or store electricity)? I was looking around on the website and couldn't quite figure out...
  20. M

    LiFePO4 battery heater project (makes sure battery doesn't freeze)

    I think PID is overkill (but would consider it). I am thinking of setting up an array of thermistors around the battery to make sure that they are all above T? Maybe two on top, two on the sides. The battery is about 8"x20". I am building an r10 insulation box around the battery, which will...
  21. Averagesupernova

    Coin battery in computer drains overnight

    I have an older computer running Windows 98 in a mobile application. I know, Windows 98, just replace it. Not a pleasant option. This system runs an application that dispenses dry granular material out of a hopper that holds about 9 tons of material. It is spread over an 80 foot swath. So...
  22. Y

    System design for charging battery from turbine alternator

    I am designing a hydro power system that will tie into an off grid solar system. I will be using a 48v carbon AGM battery bank. Will be using the Sol-Ark 12kw inverter/charger, which has 2 built in MPPT charge controllers for solar. Assume the hydro power will be around 5 kw potential, and...
  23. F

    Battery Powered Electric Motor and Charging Requirements

    I need to build a battery system to drive a 10 HP pump motor. The actual BHP varies as the pressure in the system rises, but for the most part we are operating at a 10.1 brake horsepower. Run time requirements will vary from a few hours to many hours. I settled on 8 hrs as a basis. Motor...
  24. nduka-san

    Help with several battery questions please

    i know that batterys are made of a compination of chemicals since i took honors physics but i never really learned how they are made just what theyre made of 2 how large of a battery would be needed for a small tractor with a weight of 300 pounds in this hypotheical scenarior its related to...
  25. T

    PM Generator and battery resistance

    I have a burned stator for a PM generator mounted in the accessory case of an internal combustion engine. The stator has 2 sets of 5 coils creating 2 20 amp generators. I am using a lithium battery and the engine builder blames the battery for the burned stator. He says the lithium battery...
  26. Y

    Battery Operated Ceiling Light and Light Switch?

    Does anyone know of any products that would allow me to install a battery operated light switch and ceiling light? This would save me a lot over tearing down all the sheetrock, replacing sheetrock, painting, etc.. I'm thinking a switch with a faceplate. A simple button cell would go behind the...
  27. Ozen

    Increasing the Battery Life of an LED Circuit

    Hello Everybody! I am new to electrical engineering and only had 1 formal intro class on the subject (albeit I did very well in it) and have found myself in a position where I need to design a circuit for a micro reflex sight I have been designing. So let me first describe how my competitors...
  28. Redmagic

    Physicists build Graphene Thermodynamic Battery

    I read an article in Science Daily 'Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene'. Can someone explain how to take this from the physics science experiment to the engineering prototype and implementation stage? Is this technology going to revolutionize the mobile...
  29. BillTre

    Electrical Have You Considered DIY Battery Replacement for Your Camera?

    I saw an advertisement for this today: in B&H (photo suppliers) for $79. Too much for me, also many digital cameras have sockets to supply plug-in power from a power source which costs less. I was considering making something like this by 3D printing a shape to fit into the battery...
  30. Jon Zimmer

    Relation between electric motor and battery current, peak etc.

    Good afternoon guys, I was making some researches about building my own EV and its' specifications but I have a few no direct answered questions and some of them I humbly ask the help for you guys, based on the configuration example below. Considering that I hypothetically have an electric DC...
  31. gumby4231

    12V Tractor Battery supply: Losing Power Supply

    I want to mount a camera on the front of a tractor(Sony RX0M2, similar to a gopro). The camera will eventually be used for image processing. A PQ-12 micro linear servo (see here) will be used to turn the camera on/off. It is being run by a Raspberry Pi 4B. All components in this project will be...
  32. F

    I The total energy stored in a battery (theory/formula)

    What's the total energy stored in a battery that can be expended in a circuit until it's depleted?
  33. M

    Equation for the Internal Resistance of a Battery

    Hello, i am currently working on a project where i have to calculate the internal resistance of a battery based on the voltage drop caused by placing a resistor over the battery. I am an EE, and i understand how i can calculate the IR by schematic, but i found this equation: ((Open circuit...
  34. E

    Electric field within a battery

    I've been reading through this paper to try and get a better understanding of how batteries work. The analysis there is fine (they consider a voltaic cell to charge a capacitor in order to derive ##\Delta V=\varepsilon##, and go via an energy route), but it doesn't really touch upon the fields...
  35. P

    I Difficult Series Battery Problem

    Modern batteries use double-sided anode and cathodes for greater energy density. Series wiring of batteries is typically accomplished by connecting the anode of one cell to the cathode of another. However, can series be accomplished by stacking double-sided anode and cathode alternatingly with...
  36. NTL2009

    Safe to charge a Lithium Battery with a Voltage Limit?

    All the references I find refer to safely charging lithium cells by a method like this: https://www.powerstream.com/li.htm The next page shows the effects on capacity of charging to less than the 4.2 V terminal cell voltage. For example, charging to 4.0 V still provides 73% of the capacity...
  37. Stonestreecty

    I How do I know the lithium content of a lithium-ion battery?

    Power bank is common for our daily life, especially for our smart phone, which always a lithium-ion battery. Taking airplane is easy at our daily life, but there are restrictions on lithium content for air travel, thus air travelers ask the question "How much lithium in a battery am I allowed to...
  38. J

    Chemistry Undergraduate-level text on batteries and battery management (with exercises)

    Is there such a thing? Or, alternately, am I just better off with an echem and/or physical chemistry book? Thanks Joe
  39. W

    Electrons @ battery negative terminal

    Does the negative terminal of a battery have a negative charge due to having a surplus of electrons? If so, then why do the surplus electrons from the negative terminal of the battery not discharge to the human body or Earth (which have a neutral charge) when touched?...thereby causing the...
  40. J

    Two resistors connected to a battery

    I honestly have no idea how to do this problem whatsoever. My teacher didn't show an example like this before.
  41. T

    Electrical potential energy questions for a battery circuit

    I’m trying to learn about simple circuits but I have a few questions because I don’t fully understand what’s going on . 1. If the reason current flows when a wire is connected to the ends of a battery is due to a potential difference across a battery , why can’t the current just flow through...
  42. core1985

    If I connect two 4700 uf capacitors in parallel with my 8.3A battery

    Dear Friends Read my post carefully. I have a motor bike having 8.3A battery bike had 35Watt headlight which was pretty bad. I decided to connect car beam 100w/130w as my battery total power is 12 x 8.3 = 99.6 Watt so you know it can only provide 90% power to 100w point only. Now tell me...
  43. Skyland

    Tungsten Battery Anode: Charge & Experiments

    Does anyone know if a tungsten-/copper+ saltwater battery have any significant charge if any? Willing to experiment myself, but don't want to waste money without asking first
  44. S

    How to calculate energy stored in battery

    How did you find PF?: Chrome Search Engine If you know the battery voltage V, and the battery capacity AH in amp-hours, the energy stored by the battery in Joules is just E = V*AH*3600, where the 3600 is the number of seconds in an hour.May 18, 2014
  45. C

    IPad bloated battery & securing files

    I left my Ipad 3rd gen on a table for 2 weeks and today I just saw it in this condition: Has anyone ever seen anything like it? In your experience, is the screen salvageable and is the battery in that location? It's an old (3rd gen 64gig) made in 2012. I don't use it anymore...
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