Lead Acid Batteries are mostly used onboard ships as emergency power support units. However, lately a widespread adoption of lithium-ion batteries has been noticed.
The term “lithium battery” refers to a family of batteries with different chemistries. For the purposes of the dangerous goods regulations, these are separated into two types of batteries:
Lithium metal batteries contain metallic lithium and are primarily non-rechargeable. They have lithium metal or lithium compounds as an anode. Included in this group are lithium alloy batteries. These batteries are used in common commercial products (eg. Watches, calculators, cars etc)
Lithium-ion batteries are rechargeable, and lithium is only present in the electrolyte in the ionic form. Included in the lithium-ion category are lithium polymer batteries. Lithium-ion batteries are generally found…