Zinc-air batteries for field charging

Author

Atwater, Terrill B.

Author_Institution

Res. Dev. & Eng. Center, US Army CECOM, Fort Monmouth, NJ., USA

fYear

1998

fDate

13-16 Jan 1998

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

57

Abstract

In order to realize the operational and service cost savings through the use of rechargeable batteries, the dismounted soldier is burdened with the weight, volume and/or charging logistics of the batteries. By providing the soldier with a high energy density source and a light weight compact battery charger the burden imposed by rechargeable batteries in the forward field can be minimized. Zinc-air batteries have the potential for meeting the energy demands of forward battlefield charging. They are attitude insensitive, have a high specific energy, and are inherently inexpensive, lightweight and safe

Keywords

military equipment; secondary cells; zinc; Zn; Zn/air batteries; dismounted soldier; energy demands; forward battlefield charging; high energy density source; high specific energy; light weight compact battery charger; rechargeable batteries; service cost savings; zinc-air batteries; Batteries; Consumer electronics; Costs; Defense industry; Electrodes; Electronics industry; Lithium; Logistics; Manganese; Power engineering and energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1998., The Thirteenth Annual

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

ISSN

1089-8182

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4098-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCAA.1998.653839

Filename

653839