Equipment and Systems - Batteries & Battery Charging On Ships

Electro Technical Officers and Marine Engineers onboard commercial ships and those undergoing training to qualify for these positions, will find this book useful.

Besides technical information, relevant extracts from SOLAS Regulations, IACS Guidelines, Lloyd’s Register and American Bureau of Shipping Rules, have been included with permission. However, these extracts must be used only for academic purposes.

Relevant documents that are in force and issued to ships and related organisations must be referred to, for complying with Classification Societies’ Guidelines and other Statutory Requirements.

1. The Primary Cell
2. The Secondary Cell
3. Electrochemical Action
4. Battery Supplies
5. Lead-Acid Storage Batteries
6. The Wet or Flooded Cell
7. Maintenance-free Sealed Lead-acid Batteries
8. Electrical Characteristics of the Lead-acid Cell
9. Polarization of the Cell
10. Local Action
11. Nickel-Cadmium Storage Batteries
12. Silver-Zinc Cell
13. Silver-Cadmium Cell
14. Lithium-Ion Battery for 406 MHz EPIRBs
15. Battery Charging
16. Charging of Lead-Acid Batteries
17. Charging of Nickel Cadmium Batteries
18. Thermal Runaway
    Methods of Charging
19. Single-Rate and Two-Rate Battery Chargers
20. Automatic Thyristor-controlled Battery Charger
21. Lifeboat Battery Charger
22. Battery Installations and Safety Measures
23. First Aid Treatment for Contact due to Spillage
24. Reclaiming, Recycling and Re-using Lead Acid Batteries
25. Troubleshooting in Batteries and Battery-powered Systems
26. Troubleshooting the Alternator and Battery System in Boats
27. Troubleshooting a 110V UPS for the MSB Relevant Rules