ELECTRICVEHICLEBATTERYTESTPROCEDURESMANUALRevision2PublishedJanuary1996iiSummaryofChangesforUSABCManualRevision2(Notincludingminoreditorialandtypographicalcorrections)PAGEDESCRIPTIONOFCHANGE2,A-5ThelistofCorePerformanceTestsisclarifiedinFigure1,andthetestplanoutlineisclarifiedtonotethatwrittendirectionfromtheUSABCProgramManagerisneededtobypassthesetests.ThenumberandtypeofcoretestsrequiredisNOTchanged.6,E-2,F-3,F-5Asingle‘RatedCapacity’valueisclearlydefinedasthebasisformeasuringdepth-of-discharge(andhencecapacity)forallUSABCperformancetests.TheRatedCapacityisestablishedbythemanufacturerbasedonwhatevertradeoffshechoosestomakeforthebestbalanceofpower,capacityandlife.6,A-1BothUSABCTestManagerandProgramManagerapprovalarerequiredforalltestplans.9,E-3,F-5,I-3TheDischargeVoltageLimit(DVL)forthePeakPowerTestisclarifiedtobeafixedvalueestablishedatbeginningoflife.AnalternateequationforcalculatingPeakPowerCapabilityisaddedtoaccountfordecreasesinopencircuitvoltagebeyond80%DODorlaterinlife.ConductofthePeakPowertestitselfisNOTchangedexceptforrequiringvoltagetostayabovetheDVL.13,15,40DischargeVoltageLimitisadefaultterminationconditionforFUDS,DSTandLifeCycleTesting.15TheDSTprocedureismodifiedtoeliminatethereducedpowercriterionforStep15.Allstepsarenowtreatedthesame(asintheFUDStest);andthetestterminateswhentheprogrammedpowercannotbeachievedforanystepwithoutexceedingabatterylimit.15,F-6TheterminologyDSTnisestablishedtoindicatethepeakpowerscalingforaDSTtest,e.g.DST120isatestscaledto120W/kg.22ff,J-34ffAvibrationtestusingrandomvibrationisaddedtoProcedure10.Theexistingsweptsinewavevibrationtestisretainedunchangedasanalternative.31,35,37,39,40TheintervalforconductingReferencePerformanceTestsduringlifecycletestregimesisgeneralizedtoanappropriateintervalratherthanfixedat28days.35Themethodforcountingthenumberofcyclesachievedduringlifetestingofabatteryisformalized.37,38TheActualUseSimulationtestisextendedtoincludetheeffectsofambienttemperaturevariation,andtemperaturetestregimesareestablishedbasedonhistoricaldatafromspecifichotandcoldweatherlocations.40TheBaselineLifeCycleTestisdefinedbasedonDSTcyclingto80%DODatnominalenvironmentalconditions.(Thistestisalreadybeingwidelyused.)F-7End-of-lifeisclarifiedtooccurwheneitherthenetDSTdeliveredcapacityorpeakpowercapabilityat80%DODislessthan80%ofrated.AppendixFAdetailedglossaryofterminologyisincluded.AppendixIAnexplanationofthemethodandrationaleforcalculatingPeakPowerCapabilityisprovided.AppendixJDetailedprocedures(previouslyissuedseparately)areincludedtosupplementsomeproceduresummaries,andthespecialprocedurepreviouslyproposedforresistancedeterminationisdeleted.iiiELECTRICVEHICLEBATTERYTESTPROCEDURESMANUALTABLEOFCONTENTSForeword.................................................................ivIntroduction................................................................1OutlineandFlowDiagramofUSABCTestingProcess................................2BatteryTestProcedureSummaries...............................................4OrganizationChartofUSABCBatteryTestProcedures.........................51A.BatteryPre-TestPreparation..........................................61B.ReadinessReview...................................................7*2.ConstantCurrentDischargeTestSeries..................................8?*3.PeakPowerTest....................................................9*4.ConstantPowerDischargeTest.......................................11*5.VariablePowerDischargeTesting[Overview]............................12?5A.FUDSRegime(VariablePowerDischarge).........................13?5B.DSTRegime(VariablePowerTesting)............................156-12.SpecialPerformanceTests[Overview]................................17?6.PartialDischargeTest...............................................18?7.StandTest........................................................198.SustainedHill-ClimbingPowerTest....................................20?9.ThermalPerformanceTest...........................................21?10.BatteryVibrationTest...............................................2211.ChargeOptimizationTesting..........................................2712.FastChargeTest...................................................2813.SafetyandAbuseTesting............................................2914.LifeCycleTesting[General]..........................................3114A.AcceleratedAgingTesting....................................3314B.Actual-UseSimulationTestincludingAmbientTemperatureInfluence...3714C.ReferencePerformanceTests..................................3914D.BaselineLifeCycleTest.......................................40(?indicatesthatdetailedproceduresareavailableinAppendixJ)(*indicatescoreperformancetests-seeAppendixASection7.2fordetails)AppendicesA.GenericTestPlanOutlineforUSABCBatteryTesting......................A-1B.DefinitionofDataAcquisitionandReportingRequirements..................B-1C.DOENationalLaboratoryTestFacilitiesListing...........................C-1D.MethodologyforAssigningUSABCIdentificationNumbers...........