DIN Publishes Pre-standard on Lithium Batteries for Hybrid Vehicles
September 30, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN) published a pre-standard on lithium batteries for hybrid vehicles in August - DIN V VDE V 0510-11 (VDE V 0510-11), Safety requirements for secondary batteries and battery installations - Part 11: Safety requirements for secondary lithium batteries for hybrid vehicles and mobile applications.
The standard specifies requirements and tests for the safe operation of lithium ion secondary cells and batteries for use in vehicle technology.
It applies to all types of hybrid or electric vehicle, as well as any similar vehicles licensed for use on public roads.
In light of the recent focus on pollutants and carbon footprints, automobile manufacturers, suppliers and energy providers are trying to improve electric vehicles and their necessary networks.
In fact, hybrid technology is expected to soon become a key feature of the automotive industry. Of particular interest is the development of technologies to prolong the life and increase the durability of lithium ion batteries, and for charging them as quickly as possible.
Battery safety needs to be taken into consideration even at the draft stage, for voltages of up to 200 V occur in hybrid vehicles. This requires strict electrical safety rules that never before needed to be taken into account in automotive design. Expedient safety tests and measures need to be defined in order to ensure safe battery operation.
As part of the Innovation with Norms and Standards (INS) program sponsored by Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), German experts are being sent to an international working group that is using the new pre-standard to develop an international standard on rechargeable lithium batteries. This INS project will run until December 2009.
Source: Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.