Aluminum Sailboat Pt 16 Lithium Battery - How They're Made
This time on Distant Shores we go into depth on Lithium batteries, planning out the boat’s energy storage system, and touring the Super-B Battery factory where we learn how marine lithium batteries are manufactured and tested for safety.
We are building a new aluminum Enksail Orion 49 expedition sailboat and over the last 12 months we’ve been documenting the hull construction as well as systems design for the hybrid electric diesel drive system. Check out the build series here if you missed any videos, and add a comment below if you have any additional topics you’re interested in.
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00:00 Introduction
00:52 What is our range under electric propulsion
01:40 Super-B Batteries in the Netherlands
02:53 Lithium Iron Phosphate battery chemistry
03:31 Energy Storage with LiFePO4 Prismatic Cells
04:21 Lithium Battery design features
05:50 Labelling and tracking components for quality LiFePO4 batteries
06:37 Largest batteries and increase in battery size
07:40 Building one of our Lithium batteries start to finish
09:07 Shunt is built in LiFePO4 battery to monitor for safety
09:34 Temperature sensors for extra safety
09:49 Installing the BMS Battery Monitoring System
10:33 Testing the complete battery on the Lithium test stand
11:43 Bus connectors for Lithium Iron Phosphate safe batteries
12:24 Temperature sensors for additional safety monitoring
13:05 DNV Det Norske Veritas type approval for marine lithium batteries
14:43 How the BMS balances cells Battery Management System
16:18 Designing a large battery system for our boat
17:07 Thanks for Watching
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