This is known as the "hour" rate, for example 100Ahrs at 10 hours. If not specified, manufacturers commonly rate batteries at the 20-hour discharge rate or 0.05C. 0.05C is the so-called C-rate, used to measure charge and discharge current. A discharge of 1C draws a current equal to the rated capacity.
As the rate of discharge increases, the battery's available capacity decreases, approximately according to Peukert's law. Manufacturers specify the capacity of a battery at a specified discharge rate.
However, it is more common to specify the charging/discharging rate by determining the amount of time it takes to fully discharge the battery. In this case, the discharge rate is given by the battery capacity (in Ah) divided by the number of hours it takes to charge/discharge the battery.
For an optimal thermal use of the battery, avoiding a complete charge and discharge cycle may lead to increasing battery life cycle. For a SOC higher than 80% the internal resistance of the battery increases drastically. This phenomenon provides higher heat dissipation and battery temperature increase.
Battery manufacturers rate capacity of their batteries at very low rates of discharge, as they last longer and get higher readings that way. This is known as the "hour" rate, for example 100Ahrs at 10 hours. If not specified, manufacturers commonly rate batteries at the 20-hour discharge rate or 0.05C.
This occurs since, particularly for lead acid batteries, extracting the full battery capacity from the battery dramatically reduced battery lifetime. The depth of discharge (DOD) is the fraction of battery capacity that can be used from the battery and will be specified by the manufacturer.
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