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EP6004

Engineering Batteries 2 - Manufacturing

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Credits 2.5
Level Further education, higher degree level
Course start Autumn 2024 / Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English and norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Home examination

About

About the course

Course content

•Production principals

•Energy in production

•Morphology needs

•Lab exercise; making and testing batteries

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

•Different mixing techniques

•Different electrode manufacturing routes; NMP-, water-, semisolid-, electrode spray-, and electric field deposition based electrode casting. Dry room operation.

•Drying techniques and energy/material recovery

•Calendaring, slitting and packing approach.

•Laboratory electrode production.

•Cell assembly; button-, cylindrical-, prismatic-, and pouch-cell

•Electrolyte filling

•Formation, quality assessment and ageing mechanisms in a LIB.

•SEI-formation and role of SEI

Skills:

The candidate is expected to be able to:

•Describe processing routes and their related dry room conditions and energy needs.

•Understand impact of different morphological characteristics.

•Make and assemble a button cell, using mixer, tape caster and gloveboxes

•Describe the role of SEI in formation and ageing

• Describe ageing factors of different LIBs

Knowledge:

•The candidate can evaluate and compare different electrode processing routes

•The candidate can make an electrode, assemble a button cell and test it electrically.

•The candidate can distinguish different properties relating to manufacturing and evaluate the quality of LIB qualitatively.

•The candidate can assess ageing expectancy based on different operation conditions

Learning methods and activities

8 times 45 minutes lectures.

2 laboratory exercises

Further on evaluation

Written 2 hour digital home exam. Marks A-F, where A is best and F is fail.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Continuing Education, Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology (EVUIVC0)

Required previous knowledge

EP6003 Engineering batteries 1

Course materials

Hand outs, notes and articles provided

Subject areas

  • Energy and Process Engineering

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Energy and Process Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Home examination
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2024

Home examination
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2024-11-25
Submission 2024-11-25
Time Release 09:00
Submission 11:00
Duration 2 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment

Ordinary examination - Spring 2025

Home examination
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2025-05-05
Submission 2025-05-05
Time Release 09:00
Submission 11:00
Duration 2 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment