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Learnaboutthemainbatterytypesthatareusedonboardashipincludingtheirinternalworkingdetailswiththeaidof
diagrams.
Introduction
Batteriescanbeanexcellenttoolforstoringelectricityandcanalsobeusedasaalternatesourceforpower.Usedon
almostalltheships,batteriesareoftenusedasinstantlyavailableenergysupplysource.However,batteriescanalso
beusedonaregularbasistoprovidealowvoltagedcsupplytomanyengineanddeckmachines.Thesizeandtype
ofthebatteriestobeselectedgenerallydependsontheapplicationandcapacityoftheservices.
Usually,twomaintypesofbatteriesareusedonboard:
LeadAcidBattery
Alkalinebattery
Inthisarticlewewilltakealookathowdoleadacidandalkalinebatteriesworkandinternalbatteryconstruction
detailsinthesubsequentsections
LeadAcidBattery
TheLeadAcidBatteryusedonboardashipconsistsofaseriesofcells,witheachcell
containingaleadperoxidepositiveplateandaleadnegativeplateimmersedinadilute
sulphuricacidsolution.Thissulphuricacidsolutionisknownaselectrolyte.Thewhole
arrangementiskeptinaleakproofcasing.Awirejoinsthetwoplates.Thisdevelopsa
potentialacrossthewireandacurrentstartsflowingthroughit.Thevoltagethus
developedhasameasureofaround2.2voltsinitiallyandasteadyvalueof2volts.Allthe
LeadAcidbatteriesusedonboardgenerallyhavesixseparatecellsconnectedinseries,
whichmeansthatthetotalpoweroutputeachbatterydevelopsisaround12volts.These
batteriesarealsoknownasaccumulators.
ModernLeadAcidBatteriesusesmanyinterleaved
platesinasinglecelltoproduceacompactarrangement
withgreatercapacity.Thewholearrangement,inorderto
createproperinsulation,issurroundedbyheavyduty
plastic,hardrubberorbitumencase.
Theadjacentpictureclearlyshowstheinternalnittygritty
ofsuchaleadacidbatterywhichconsistsof6cellsof2
Voltseachconnectedinserieswhichgivesrisetoatotal
outputvoltageof12V.Thecircuitdiagramatthetop
showsthesymbolicrepresentationwhilethemiddlepart
ofthepictureshowsthephysicalarrangement.Finallythe
bottommostportionoftheimageshowshoweach
individualcellisfurthersubdividedintotheelectrodesas
explainedabove.
Alkalinebattery
Thealkalinebatteryusedonboardashipconsistsofanickelhydroxidepositiveplateandacadmiumandiron
negativeplate.Boththeplatesareimmersedinapotassiumhydroxidesolutiontoproduceavoltageofabout1.4volts.
Ausualbatteryusedonboardconsistsof5cellswhichproducesatotalof7volts.
Themodernalkalinebatteryconsistsofmanyinterleavedplatesforhighercapacity.Thewholearrangementis
mountedinhardwoodcrateswithspacesbetweeneachcell.Allthecellsareconnectedinseriesandthecasingitself
isconsideredlivebecauseofitscontactwiththeplatesandelectrolyte.
Thefullconstructionaldetailsasseenintheadjacentdiagramareselfexplanatoryand
eachandeverypartisclearlylabeled.Thereaderisadvisedtogothroughthediagram
carefullytofullyunderstandtheworkingconceptofsuchbatteries
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