Energy management in the formation of light, starter, and ignition lead-acid batteries

This paper discusses energy management in the formation process of lead-acid batteries. Battery production and electricity consumption in during battery formation in a battery plant were analyzed over a 4-year period. The main parameters affecting the energy performance of battery production were identified and different actions to improve it were proposed. Furthermore, an Energy Performance Indicator (EnPI), based on the electricity consumption of battery formation (a difficult and rather expensive parameter to measure), is introduced to assess its energy efficiency. Therefore, a Soft Sensor to measure the electricity consumption in real-time (based on the voltage and current measured during battery formation) and to calculate the EnPI is developed. Moreover, Energy Management (EM), aided by the use of energy baselines and control charts is implemented to assess the energy performance of battery formation, allowing the implementation of rapid corrective actions towards higher efficiency standards. This resulted on the average in a 4.3% reduction of the electricity consumption in battery formation.

• Autores: Cabello Eras, Juan José; Sagastume Gutierrez, Alexis; Santos, Vladimir Sousa; Hernández Herrera, Hernan; BALBIS MOREJON, MILEN; Silva Ortega, Jorge Ivan; NORIEGA ANGARITA, ELIANA MARIA; Vandecasteele, Carlo H.A.; Silva Ortega, Jorge Iván
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/1679
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/1679; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: Battery formation process; Energy management; LSI lead-acid battery; Soft sensor
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución – No comercial – Compartir igual