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Did some googling around and making notes, here is what I found :
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-apprently their efficiency goes *up* with time over about 2 years 80%  as mentioned in the forum, unknown exactly why would be nice to know
=Review=
-see the docs from the manufacturer's of the modern batteries seems like efficiency is reasonably high actually, was not able to determine if the charging efficiency is nearly equal to the round trip efficiency, so the graphs might paint an overly rosy picture, but I think it is pretty close
*''The nickel/iron battery is a rechargeable electrochemical power source with certain special advantages. It has good scope for traction applications. The present state-of-art advantages, limitations, and uses of the nickel/iron battery, along with its electrochemical characteristics, are outlined in this review. Various methods available for fabricating both the negative iron and the positive nickel oxy-hydroxide (NiO·OH) electrodes, as well as the electrochemical characteristics of these electrodes, are discussed.'' - study this for manufacturing techniques - [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/037877539180002F]
http://www.changhongbatteries.com/Ni-Fe_battery_for_Solar_&_wind_appliances_p53_m2.2.1.html


low quality taken from browser history:
==Research==
http://www.beutilityfree.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106:Ni-FeFAQ&catid=42:Nickel-Iron%20Batteries
Patent Review whitepaper - [[File:nifepatents.zip]]
http://www.green-trust.org/wordpress/2010/07/14/american-made-nickel-iron-nife-forever-batteries/
http://www.ironcorepower.com.au/page3.php
http://www.varta-automotive.com/index.php?id=87
http://www.ehow.com/way_5993981_homemade-edison-cell.html
http://ps-survival.com/PS/Batteries/NiMH/Iron-Nickel_Battery_2008.pdf
http://www.electro-tech-online.com/renewable-energy/100471-building-good-working-capacity-ni-fe-battery.html
http://www.incompliancemag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:the-lost-almost-technology-of-the-edison-cell&catid=29:just-for-fun&Itemid=138


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http://www.nickel-iron-battery.com/


http://fieldlines.com/board/index.php?topic=144379.0 says "combiner caps" catalytic caps are available
===Battery Chemistries===
http://sustainabledesignupdate.com/2010/02/green-battery-design/ says they have/had a team developing them I emailed them http://apptechdesign.org/contact-us/ as asking for any documentation they can send on their work


http://www.solarpowerforum.net/forumVB/off-grid/4509-nickel-iron-batteries-8.html  on one page here includes list of manufacturers that currently make them
*[[Nickel-Iron Battery]]


the product pages etc form blog post
**[[Edison Battery]]
http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/nat_Fak_IV/Organische_Chemie/Didaktik/Keusch/chembox_edison-e.htm
more


Swedesh pat.Nos 8.558/1897, 10.177/1899, 11.132/1899, 11.487/1899 and German Patent No.110.210 /1899.
*[[Lead Acid Battery]]
US.Pat No.678.722/1901, 692.507/1902 and German patent No 157.290/1901
http://edison.rutgers.edu/patents/01488481.PDF
didn't look at http://www.patents.com/us-4330603.html


may be other patents, companies that make them and search freepatentsonline using the advanced search function for assignee name may turn up more and more recent
*[[Aluminum-Air Battery]]


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*[[Zinc bromine battery]]


This is good stuff, but it shouldn't be on the talk page, it should be in something like [[Nickel-Iron Batter/Research]]. - Mark Norton
*[https://wiki.opensourceecology.de/Zn/O-Brennstoffzelle OSE Germany's Zinc/Oxygen (from the air) battery]


Oh, I didn't know that page existed.  It should be linked to from the nickel iron battery page.  I think using "related pages" as done in wikipedia more often would be a good idea.  I will do it now.  Okay it has been moved and I will add the link in related page section. -gregor
*[[Other Batteries]]






more on nickel iron ChangHong
===Research===
searched on freepatents online
nickel iron electrochemical cell[p]
nickel iron battery[p]
nickel-iron battery[p]
nickel iron cell
nickel iron secondary cell
nickel iron AN/changhong
nickel iron AN/varta  (changhong website says tehir battery tech is made from varta
nickel oxyhydroxide battery  at this there are many on nickel zinc batteries too might be useful bu tmost were omitted from notes below
nickel oxyhydroxide electrode
nickel oxyhydroxide battery


a lot on nickel zinc but since the cathode material is the same might be useful but most were omitted form below since there are so many
*[[Battery Research Gregor]] Unedited library research notes.


went through the first pages of results, got surprisingly few given how old these are, the search hits were usually very low relevance by the end of the first page so didn't continue past there though there were some on nickel zinc
*[[Nickel-Iron Battery/Chemistry|Battery chemistry]]


assingee changhong
*[[Battery Chemistry Comparison]] Comparison between potential battery chemistries to see if there might be something better than nickel iron for OSE purposes.  Summary: Zinc bromine may well be better, see zinc bromine pages for details.
also the related patents thing on the patent webpages might be useful to find even more


maybe email the suppliers through alibaba to see who own the technology base and if they have any documentation


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http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3853624.html


http://www.freepatentsonline.com/0827297.htmlthis one number wa sobtained from http://www.beutilityfree.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=106:Ni-FeFAQ&catid=42:Nickel-Iron%20Batteries notice that older patens are not searchable by the contents of the text unfortunately so any other edison patents may not be findable through patent search
===Additional Research===


battery grade nickel hydroxide http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5788943.html
*[[Nickel-Iron Battery/Sourcing|Nickel-Iron Battery Sourcing]]
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7407521.html process to produce nickel hydroxide maybe not useful thogh
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7081319.html preparation of nickel oxyhydrozide with ozone suitable fo use n battery  (ozone is easy to produce with high voltage electrodes)
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4064331.html iron electrodes for battereis
unk[p]


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*[[Battery Patents]]
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/0678722.html edison us patent fist one metioned in wikipedia also appears to be on nicad not nickel iron
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/0692507.html second one mentioned appears to be on nicad batteries not nickel iron
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6193871.html forming nickel elecrtode
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6492062.html nickel zinc
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7691531.html nickel hy more nickel zinc tells about nickel oxydydroxide lelectrode though
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6991875.html nother nice=kel zinc
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6261720.html have no idea if this is useful, something about a nickel hydroxide electrode in alkaline battery though I think this is probably be applicable to nickel metal hydride only ther eare many on nickel hydroxide electrodes
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4207383.html iron electrode maybe not useful
there also appears to be alot of patents of more generalized approaches to e.g. the mechanical structure of the lectrodes of a secondary flooded cell battery  which may be useful , on recombining hydrogen and o2 produceed by overchargning etc.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5200282.html electrode ratehr than plates if wanted high disshcarge currents m\aybe
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7435395.html on nickel zinc


emailed http://apptechdesign.org/contact-us/ again on may 15asking for documentation on nickel iron
*[[Battery Papers]]
more links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K84PywMwjZg didn't watch indivudual says has read mulitiple edison patents coudl contact them to ge tnumbers and advice, couldn't find a way through youtube


all things considered there seem to be very few patents related to nickel iron batteries, but a lot more on nickel zinc for some reason, also this searching through patentsonline did not unearth the edison patents so there is room for improvement in the search method.  Also the swedishand german patents should be retireved and translated though I assume they would be in swedish or german so I did not do that.  There are probably more edison patents to be uncovered.


What is a "chemical short"?  thermal runaway type thing?    Nickel iron is known to be prone to thermal runaway need to know the electrochemistry involved here


===Nickel Iron===


It appears that as usual the electrochemistry of a good rather than crappy battery is not so simple, especially over a large number of charge/discharge cycles.
*[[Nickel-Iron SLI battery]]
*[[Battery Concept]]
*[[Nickel-Iron_Battery/Prototype]]
*[[Battery Spec]]


Clearly a chemist or someone else with significant expertise is needed here to work out the details.  For example sulfur from vulcanized rubber can contaminate the battery chemistry apparently.  IIRC steel has a small quantities of sulfur in it so using sheet metal as the anode might not work out although that of course remains to be determined....
===Ideas===


On may 17 I had another look for useful information:
*[[NiFe Vehicles]]


There may be one or two duplicates here, in many cases for scientific docs those look like the most interesting but I did not have access to them. Someone with access could perhaps retrieve them and share them with developers who ask under fair use I think.
*[http://www.nickel-iron-battery.com hydrogen use]


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TH1-43MDKGV-3T&_user=10&_coverDate=02%2F28%2F1990&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1754749372&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=fbe875e250bbedd5c9c31cc21f22158d&searchtype=a
*[[Nickel-Iron_Battery/Research_Development/Ideas/3D_Printed|3D Printed]]
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TH1-43MDRN3-67&_user=10&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F1991&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1754737867&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6cd39f8af38d365d4f7f3c3310c19022&searchtype=ais


In many cases docs were focussed on weight and discharge rate, but that is not out main concern, mainly $ per kWh and cycle life, with a discharge rate of at least 0.3 C (i.e. 300 watts for a 1kWh batt) it would work okay for pure solar systems, for biomass a higher discharge woudl be nice as it's primary function is to level the load on an hourly and daily basis at relatively high powers so a higher discharge rate could allow a smaller battery (whereas with pure solar you need a battery big enough to last for 3 days anyway and therefor even if the discharge rate as a fraction of capacity is low that is not a problem since the battery is so big anyway).  However because batteries wear out partly as a function of the energy dumped into/removed (also ambient temperature but this will vary depending on the precise details of the battery, on ironedison.com it indicates substantial loss from elevated temperatures but the precise reaction that causes this needs to be identified) from them they may be considered on both a capital cost and running cost basis.  Higher discharge rates will not in themselves affect the running cost, only capital cost, which may or may not be relatively small, that would need to be considered before effort is expended to produce a battery that would be okay with higher discharge rates.  Secondly, there are no hard and fast rules on discharge rate for a given battery except to prevent overheating and achieve good energy efficiency, or for unusual reasons which are chemistry specific.  The rules of thumb listed in battery datasheets are computed based on thermal characteristics, internal resistance of the battery (the higher it is the lower the discharge/charge rate you woudl want because Ohms law applies, therefore higher currents result in higher resistive losses) and in some cases unusual battery chemistry details like high speed charging resulting in wierd crystal structures of the anode or dendrite growth.    Usually a battery can be operated above the rated charge/discharge rate as an engineering compromise though, which should be kept i nmind




In an OSE context it may no longer make sense to talk about battery cycle life in the same way.  In a consumer context when a battery goes dead you get a new one, in some cases paying to get rid of th old one.  And yet the active materials have not dissapeared.  However there are sometimes irreversible side reactions that occur, changes in chemistry, the electrode that was supposed dto provide mechanical sterngth etc has dessolved, etc.  For lead acid batteries there is information available on this of course.  What is it for nickel iron? There is a whole industry based on rejuvenating "dead" lead acid batteris though clever chemisttry techniwues etc. and perhaps analogous techniques shoudl be worked out for nickel iron as part of this project.  That could help to substantially decreae the effective running cost fo the batteries.  There may already be a lot of information in existence to be drawn upon as these batteries have be used since they were invented in niche markets such as european mining, and in China, rather than as it is portrayed as beign forgotten.
===Collaboration===


By the way from what I have read this stuff about batteries lasting 50 years that some manufacturer's claim either includes this maintenance or it is bunk.  They may last 3, 4 or 5 times as long as lead acid but certainly not 50 years of daily use without some kind of serious maintenance.
*[[Battery Projects]]


*[[Battery Collaboration]]


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TH1-44CVXGT-F&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F2001&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1754742248&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=ec803b11bf9489e6f5a74dad0ccbfcce&searchtype=a
=Basic Material Cost Calculations=
*$4550 for 4kwhr storage, 750 lb -[https://ironedison.com/nickel-iron-ni-fe-battery]
*Nickel iron batteries are made from nickel and iron.
*Nickel $8/lb. $18k usd/2200lb - [https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/nickel]. Scrap costs $4/lb. [https://www.scrapregister.com/metal-price/nickel-alloy-scrap/34]
*Iron costs 10 cents/lb at commodity price - [https://iscrapapp.com/prices/]
*Weight of a 4kWhr system is 750 lb [https://ironedison.com/images/Spec%20Sheets/2.%20Nickel%20Iron%20battery%20info/Iron%20Edison%20-%20Nickel%20Iron%20Data%20Sheet%202018.pdf]
*Nickel oxide costs $25/lb [https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/nickel-oxide-price.html]
*Nickel oxide hydroxide [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_oxide_hydroxide] is used in batteries. It is prepared from nickel(II) hydroxide -  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel(II)_hydroxide] which is in turn prepared from nickel II salts with sodium hydroxide. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel(II)_chloride#Other_uses]. Nickel chloride is a common salt - $8/lb. [https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/nickel-chloride-hexahydrate-nickel-chloride-price_1600216717236.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normal_offer.d_title.313bceeeXyuQnC]. Nasty chem appears to be involved.
*Iron oxide is 50 cents/lb [https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/iron%252b%2528iii%2529%252boxide.html]
*Graphite powder is 50 cents/lb [https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/graphite+powder.html?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=graphite+powder&isGalleryList=G]


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TH1-3VR6J5Y-2&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F1996&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1754736866&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5fe7b156fc556763f1a2488f1a2eef78&searchtype=a
'''Problem Statement:''' Say the battery is 20% nickel [https://www.solarpaneltalk.com/forum/off-grid-solar/batteries-energy-storage/ni/7052-how-much-nickel-is-really-in-a-nickel-iron-ni-fe-battery]. Then 150 lb of nickel would be $600 for baseline cost at scrap nickel prices. Except the process relies on Nickel Oxide Hydroxide - not the same thing. So we need to trace the manufacturing process down to nickel oxide hydroxide sourcing. As well as how much nickel oxide hydroxide is actually used per battery.


something about activatign the iron electrode,
About 2M tons of nickel are produced per year. This determines the number of batteries that can be produced.


patent number 5,788,943 Aug. 4, 1998
=Design=


[54] BATTERY-GRADE NICKEL HYDROXIDE AND METHOD FOR ITS PREPARATION this one might have been already noted elsewhere
==Variables and Formulas==


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TH1-4679T4B-1B&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F1995&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1754734072&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=84892d5964e609a899d54fbde534666c&searchtype=a good info on cycle life of exisyong cels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere-hour


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TG0-44CHX0D-90&_user=10&_origUdi=B6TH1-4679T4B-1B&_fmt=high&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F1976&_rdoc=1&_orig=article&_origin=article&_zone=related_art&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=cacbfb701007ce4d2ed73e9ffecb40a7 self discharge
==Design Proposals==


===10 cell with flat plates===


"battery grade nickel oxydydroxide" mayb be many such patents or the same on ekeep sseing
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwxMMqGvwTM-Wm5maHJVMVExRTg&usp=sharing 10 cell 3d printed
nicckel/iron


Battery-grade nickel hydroxide and method for its preparation
::<html><img src="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1JaxzGdN-nkb_fk_Cq_IGbGAbIGHFxetyJZsGELH6DB8/pub?w=251&amp;h=107"></html>
B Aladjov - US Patent 5,788,943, 1998


https://github.com/dorkmo/ose-battery


=Cost=
*Quoted $200 each on 2/5/18 for 400A, 1.2V battery from ZhuHai CIYI Battery Co.,Ltd, battery model CYNF400. Price FOB Shenzhen. But just look at the discharge cycles - 62 years at 50% DoD if daily discharge. $400/kWh. Price for 10 batteries will be + $280 for shipping to Kansas City.


[[Image:CYNF400.jpg|900px]]
*Another quote from Seawill Technology Co. is TN800 - 1.2V -800Ah - 57.5kg - $349 each, so 40 are a $13960 total, $710 shipping to KC


=Archives=
higher quality:
Due to people's attempts to edit things on the wiki that were started but never finished, some valuable information has been lost from the nickel iron project in recent revisions of some wiki pages. In particular, if you are interested in the nickel iron project, I have a collection of high quality documents from the peer reviewed literature that will be quite helpful. Email me at Gregorfolouk@hotmail.com and I will send you the documents though. Edit: here is the file you can download with all the docs http://kiwi6.com/file/7u7r1fm2ys  The service is supposed to host it in perpetuity but we'll see.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5525702 pdf seems to be here free http://www.nickel-iron-battery.com/sealed-nickel-iron-battery.pdf
http://www.nickel-iron-battery.com/nickel-iron-cycle-testing-1995.pdf cyle testing
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TH1-43MDJS6-2N&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F1994&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1754797265&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d2f1168545feacb1d7834ffd30cf729b&searchtype=a
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TH1-43MDSPY-6S&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F1991&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1754794033&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=96fe8af78e49f181bae86df2a1085081&searchtype=a


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TG0-3Y0SH11-B&_user=10&_coverDate=02%2F29%2F1996&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1754792458&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=c47dbade5e61e0f4de4ac3707698bafe&searchtype=a coudl eb wuite iomportant, lithium hydroxide is often added to nickel iron batteries and this explains why , but litium is actually quite toxic (used as mood stabilizer for depression etc.) so shoudl be avoided if possible or unless the amounts are quite small, maybe sustitues can be found or maybe the edison batteries do not use it and are fine so it can be omitted.  Also it is yet another component to add to the system and synthesize which is bad for OSE, how common is lithium in the environment?.
Here is a list of the document titles, and other information from the last intact copy of the page I had built for the nickel iron project before it was torn up, for more information [http://opensourceecology.org/w/index.php?title=Nickel-Iron_Battery&diff=prev&oldid=32539#library search the titles on google scholar].


http://www.google.ca/patents?lr&vid=USPAT3849198&dq=nickel-iron%20%20battery&printsec=abstract&id=PEUtAAAAEBAJ&output=text&pg=PA1


http://www.google.ca/patents?lr&vid=USPAT2653180&dq=nickel-iron%20%20battery&printsec=abstract&id=9mRlAAAAEBAJ&output=text&pg=PA2 on a battery itsself looks like a good one
http://www.google.ca/patents?lr&vid=USPAT4680241&dq=nickel-iron%20%20battery&printsec=abstract&id=ACEvAAAAEBAJ&output=text&pg=PA1 good info too  and method of restorign lost capacoty


http://www.google.ca/patents?lr&vid=USPAT3507696&dq=nickel-iron%20%20battery&printsec=abstract&id=tQ0hAAAAEBAJ&output=text&pg=PA2 interesting but has some funny parts like saying oxidization not known  from th 70s maybe thats why explains iron passivation of leecctrode this coudl be important




lower quality:
=See Also=


http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3911094.html producing nickel oxydydroxide also discusses self discharg mechanisms of anode interesting but not needed migth reduce self discharge rate
* [[Batteries]]
* [[Electricity]]
* [[Nickel-Iron SLI battery]]
* [[Impact of battery characteristics on off grid system_cost]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K84PywMwjZg&feature=youtube_gdata_player video]


There area many patents on the nickel electrode geometries and how to make them ususally intended for nimh or nickle zinc but coudl be used for us too, though again the perforated pockets are porbbaly adequate  for our purposes anyway, they are usually intended to solve problems like low energy density etc which is not amajor problem for us anyway(
=Ongoing Research=
http://www.google.ca/patents?hl=en&lr=&vid=USPAT4844999&id=ujE1AAAAEBAJ&oi=fnd&dq=nickel+iron++oxyhydroxide+battery&printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false
*Westinghouse , 500 cycles, 80%DOD tests with new designs - [https://worldwidescience.org/topicpages/n/nickel+iron+battery.html]
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0587973.html
http://www.google.ca/patents?hl=en&lr=&vid=USPAT5861225&id=8LEYAAAAEBAJ&oi=fnd&dq=nickel+iron++oxyhydroxide+battery&printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false
)


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V3F-50P47KJ-2&_user=10&_coverDate=09%2F30%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1754805309&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=e286d03850bd05025a213e592d004af5&searchtype=a making ni(oh)2
=Useful Links=
electrodes:
*Y-Combinator discussion - [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15618494]
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0723305.html
*Walk-through of '''Edison's battery factory including how the batteries are made''' - [[Nickel-Iron_Battery/Manufacturing_Instructions]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(electricity) Wikipedia: Battery]


[ii] Patent Number: 4,863,484 [45] Date of Patent: Sep. 5, 1989
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_iron_battery Wikipedia: Nickel iron Battery]


[54] PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BATTERY ELECTRODES BY ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION
*Comparison of Lithium Ion to Nickel Iron batteries from Tesla Motors - [https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/nickeliron-batteries]. Copied to OSE Wiki for archival purposes - [[Nickel Iron vs Lithium Ion Battery from Tesla Motors]].


*Example of DIY build - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K84PywMwjZg]
*Website [https://www.noonco.com/edison/improvements.htm] contains useful materials - [[File:NiFepaper1.pdf]], [[File:NiFepaper2.pdf]]
*Stanford fast NiFe battery - [https://newatlas.com/scientists-give-new-life-to-thomas-edisons-nickel-iron-battery/23102/]. It's useful to contact the researchers
* Nuts and Volts article on the NiFe Battery - [http://nutsvolts.texterity.com/nutsvolts/201202/?folio=38#pg38]
* Edison Battery improvements - [http://www.noonco.com/edison/improvements.htm]
* Patent - nickel oxide hydroxide electrodes - [http://www.google.com/patents/US4462875]
* Good discussion on OSE Workshops FB page - [https://www.facebook.com/OpenSourceEcology/posts/10153603267576562]
* Battery University: [https://batteryuniversity.com/]


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Review

  • The nickel/iron battery is a rechargeable electrochemical power source with certain special advantages. It has good scope for traction applications. The present state-of-art advantages, limitations, and uses of the nickel/iron battery, along with its electrochemical characteristics, are outlined in this review. Various methods available for fabricating both the negative iron and the positive nickel oxy-hydroxide (NiO·OH) electrodes, as well as the electrochemical characteristics of these electrodes, are discussed. - study this for manufacturing techniques - [1]

Research

Patent Review whitepaper - File:Nifepatents.zip


Battery Chemistries


Research

  • Battery Chemistry Comparison Comparison between potential battery chemistries to see if there might be something better than nickel iron for OSE purposes. Summary: Zinc bromine may well be better, see zinc bromine pages for details.


Additional Research


Nickel Iron

Ideas


Collaboration

Basic Material Cost Calculations

  • $4550 for 4kwhr storage, 750 lb -[2]
  • Nickel iron batteries are made from nickel and iron.
  • Nickel $8/lb. $18k usd/2200lb - [3]. Scrap costs $4/lb. [4]
  • Iron costs 10 cents/lb at commodity price - [5]
  • Weight of a 4kWhr system is 750 lb [6]
  • Nickel oxide costs $25/lb [7]
  • Nickel oxide hydroxide [8] is used in batteries. It is prepared from nickel(II) hydroxide - [9] which is in turn prepared from nickel II salts with sodium hydroxide. [10]. Nickel chloride is a common salt - $8/lb. [11]. Nasty chem appears to be involved.
  • Iron oxide is 50 cents/lb [12]
  • Graphite powder is 50 cents/lb [13]

Problem Statement: Say the battery is 20% nickel [14]. Then 150 lb of nickel would be $600 for baseline cost at scrap nickel prices. Except the process relies on Nickel Oxide Hydroxide - not the same thing. So we need to trace the manufacturing process down to nickel oxide hydroxide sourcing. As well as how much nickel oxide hydroxide is actually used per battery.

About 2M tons of nickel are produced per year. This determines the number of batteries that can be produced.

Design

Variables and Formulas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere-hour

Design Proposals

10 cell with flat plates

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwxMMqGvwTM-Wm5maHJVMVExRTg&usp=sharing 10 cell 3d printed

https://github.com/dorkmo/ose-battery

Cost

  • Quoted $200 each on 2/5/18 for 400A, 1.2V battery from ZhuHai CIYI Battery Co.,Ltd, battery model CYNF400. Price FOB Shenzhen. But just look at the discharge cycles - 62 years at 50% DoD if daily discharge. $400/kWh. Price for 10 batteries will be + $280 for shipping to Kansas City.

CYNF400.jpg

  • Another quote from Seawill Technology Co. is TN800 - 1.2V -800Ah - 57.5kg - $349 each, so 40 are a $13960 total, $710 shipping to KC

Archives

Due to people's attempts to edit things on the wiki that were started but never finished, some valuable information has been lost from the nickel iron project in recent revisions of some wiki pages. In particular, if you are interested in the nickel iron project, I have a collection of high quality documents from the peer reviewed literature that will be quite helpful. Email me at Gregorfolouk@hotmail.com and I will send you the documents though. Edit: here is the file you can download with all the docs http://kiwi6.com/file/7u7r1fm2ys The service is supposed to host it in perpetuity but we'll see.

Here is a list of the document titles, and other information from the last intact copy of the page I had built for the nickel iron project before it was torn up, for more information search the titles on google scholar.



See Also

Ongoing Research

  • Westinghouse , 500 cycles, 80%DOD tests with new designs - [15]

Useful Links

  • Example of DIY build - [18]
  • Stanford fast NiFe battery - [20]. It's useful to contact the researchers
  • Nuts and Volts article on the NiFe Battery - [21]
  • Edison Battery improvements - [22]
  • Patent - nickel oxide hydroxide electrodes - [23]
  • Good discussion on OSE Workshops FB page - [24]
  • Battery University: [25]


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