Hybrid power sources for Land Warrior scenario

Author

Jarvis, Louis P. ; Atwater, Terrill B. ; Cygan, Peter J.

Author_Institution

US Army Commun. Electron. Command, Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA

Volume

15

Issue

9

fYear

2000

fDate

9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

41

Abstract

Hybrid systems utilizing a zinc-air battery or a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) as the high energy density component coupled with a rechargeable battery (lead-acid or nickel-metal hydride) or electrochemical capacitor (EC) bank as the high power density component were tested under a high-pulse application load, Land Warrior (LW). The hybrid power sources successfully operated the LW cyclic load beyond the capabilities of the specific single chemistry systems studied. The zinc-air battery hybrids allowed approximately triple the operation time of PEMFC hybrids. The best performing hybrid system was the zinc-air battery/lead-acid battery. It provided the greatest operating voltage and longest operating time

Keywords

capacitor storage; lead acid batteries; military systems; primary cells; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; zinc; Land Warrior; Ni; Pb; Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell; electrochemical capacitor bank; high power density component; high-pulse application; hybrid power sources; operating time; operating voltage; rechargeable battery; zinc-air battery/lead-acid battery; Assembly; Batteries; Cameras; Computer displays; Fuel cells; Global Positioning System; Intelligent sensors; Military computing; Power supplies; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.873474

Filename

873474