Charging efficiency
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:25 pm
Hi,
I am intending to use wind power / PV panels / diesel and possibly other energy sources to charge a number of forklift lead acid batteries.
I am thinking we might use two packs of 24 cells of 2v each and about 1000Ah.
I am not sure how efficient the charging and using of electricity from the batteries is.
If my sources of power produce 12kWh per day I was wondering how much of that would be lost in the charging / inverting process.
If we are to charge an electric car we may be charging batteries to then charge the batteries in the car so we loose out twice.
It seems that PV panels are next to useless when it comes to trying to keep up with the demands of a household and car.
I am trying to figure out what size, hieght and number of wind turbines we would need so any charging losses make quite a big influence on the turbine/s we end up with.
Rob
I am intending to use wind power / PV panels / diesel and possibly other energy sources to charge a number of forklift lead acid batteries.
I am thinking we might use two packs of 24 cells of 2v each and about 1000Ah.
I am not sure how efficient the charging and using of electricity from the batteries is.
If my sources of power produce 12kWh per day I was wondering how much of that would be lost in the charging / inverting process.
If we are to charge an electric car we may be charging batteries to then charge the batteries in the car so we loose out twice.
It seems that PV panels are next to useless when it comes to trying to keep up with the demands of a household and car.
I am trying to figure out what size, hieght and number of wind turbines we would need so any charging losses make quite a big influence on the turbine/s we end up with.
Rob