Batteries Demystified by Ramesh Natarajan
Mr. Ramesh Natarajan has over four decades of experience in the domain of lead acid battery designing, manufacturing, testing, marketing, and servicing with a special focus on trouble shooting peculiar problems. His continuing passion for learning about lead acid batteries and enthusiasm to share technical details related to batteries, chargers, and the various equipments which use batteries, has resulted in this venture, comprising of a series of Podcasts. His website www.RameshNatarajan.in also has Articles, FAQ's and Videos in addition to the contact details. Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.
Batteries Demystified by Ramesh Natarajan
Utilization Of Recycled Lead In Batteries
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Ramesh Natarajan
Lead-acid batteries, a sustainable product, conforming to a circular economy are made using recycled lead.
- All used batteries are collected as scrap for melting and smelting. These scrap batteries are recycled. They are smelted and refined. The refined lead is combined with other metals to be used again in the future.
- The recovery of lead from scrap batteries is one of the major advantages that makes lead acid batteries economical and a favorite of the circular economy advocates.
- All battery manufacturers including established large-scale industries use recycled lead to make alloys for the grid.
- The lead oxide used as active material in the battery though made from pure lead, is in a majority of the cases obtained from recycled lead.
- Some distributors & dealers of batteries misinform the battery user that their batteries contain pure lead and the competition uses recycled lead.
- This podcast episode debunks the myth that battery manufacturers using recycled lead make substandard batteries.
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