SAND99-0497UnlimitedReleasePrintedJuly1999UnitedStatesAdvancedBatteryConsortiumElectrochemicalStorageSystemAbuseTestProcedureManualTerryUnkelhaeuserLithiumBatteryResearchandDevelopmentDepartmentDavidSmallwoodSTSCertificationEnvironmentsDepartmentSandiaNationalLaboratoriesAlbuquerque,NewMexico87185UnitedStatesAdvancedBatteryConsortiumUSABC/SNLCRADANo.SC961447AbstractTheseriesoftestsdescribedinthisproceduremanualareintendedtosimulateactualuseandabuseconditionsandpotentialinternallyinitiatedfailuresthatmaybeexperiencedinelectrochemicalstoragesystems.ThesetestswerederivedfromFailureModeandEffectAnalysis,userinput,andhistoricalabusetesting.Thetests,designedtopro-videacommonframeworkforvariouselectrochemicalstoragesystems,havebeenadoptedbytheSocietyofAuto-motiveEngineersasrecommendedpracticeinSAEJ2464.Theprimarypurposeofthetestsistogatherresponseinformationtoexternal/internalinputs.Sometestsand/ormeasurementsmaynotberequiredforsomeelectrochemicalstoragesystemtechnologiesanddesignsifitisdemonstratedthatatestisnotapplicableandthemeasurementsyieldnousefulinformation.Theoutcomeoftestingshallbedocumentedforusebypotentialintegratorsofthetestedproperties.Itisnottheintentofthisproceduretoapplyacceptancecriteria;eachapplicationhasitsownuniquerequirementsandancillarysupportsystems.Integratorsshallmaketheirowndeterminationastowhatmeasuresaretobetakentoensureasoundapplicationofthesetechnologies.ElectrochemicalStorageSystemForewordAbuseTestProcedureManualivForewordAteamcomposedoftheUnitedStatesAdvancedBatteryConsortium(USABC)andU.S.DepartmentofEnergy(DOE)NationalLaboratoriespersonnelpreparedthisUSABCelectrochemicalstoragesystem(ECSS)AbuseTestProceduresManual.ItisbasedontheexpertiseandmethodsdevelopedprimarilyatSandiaNationalLaboratories(SNL)andIdahoNationalEngineeringandEnvironmentalLaboratory(INEEL).Thespecificproceduresweredevel-opedtocharacterizetheperformanceofaparticularECSSrelativetotheUSABClong-termbatteryrequirements.Thisabusemanualistheresultofaneffortongoingsince1973.Manypeoplecontributedtothiseffortduringthattime.SpecialacknowledgmentisgiventoJeffBraithwaitewhowasinstrumentalintheearlydefinitionoftheelectri-calabusetests.TheauthorsofthisdocumentareTerryUnkelhaeuserandDavidSmallwoodofSNL.Theseproce-dureshavebeenadoptedbytheSocietyofAutomotiveEngineers(SAE)asrecommendedpracticeinSAEJ2464.CommentsregardingthisdocumentshouldbedirectedtoTerryUnkelhaeuser,SNL(505-845-8801).ECSSAbuseTestProcedureWorkingGroupContributorsUSABCTechnicalAdvisoryCommittee(TAC)HelenCostJohnDunningsTienDuong(DOE)MikeEskraHaroldHaskinsBernieHeinrichKenHeitner(DOE)TedMillerRobertMinckRussellMoyJamesPassNaumPinskyBruceRauheSusanRogers(DOE)BillSchankRaySutula(DOE)RobertSwaroopTomTartamellaSandiaNationalLaboratoriesJeffBraithwaiteDanDoughtyDavidSmallwoodTerryUnkelhaeuserIdahoNationalEngineeringandEnvironmentalLaboratoryGaryHuntElectrochemicalStorageSystemAbuseTestProcedureManualContentsvContents1.GeneralInformation.........................................................................................................................................................1-12.MechanicalAbuseTests.................................................................................................................................................2-12.1MechanicalShockTests(modulelevelorabove)...........................................................................................2-12.1.1TestDescription....................................................................................................................................2-12.1.2MeasuredData......................................................................................................................................2-12.2DropTest(packlevelonly).................................................................................................................................2-22.2.1TestDescription....................................................................................................................................2-22.2.2MeasuredData......................................................................................................................................2-22.3PenetrationTest(celllevelorabove).................................................................................................................2-22.3.1TestDescription....................................................................................................................................2-22.3.2MeasuredData......................................................................................................................................2-32.4Roll-overTest(modulelevelorabove)..............................................................................................................2-32.4.1TestDescription....................................................................................................................................2-32.4.2MeasuredData.......................................................