• DocumentCode
    2428145
  • Title

    PowerCoreTM, combining structure and batteries for increased energy to weight ratio

  • Author

    Lyman, Philip C. ; Feaver, Timothy L.

  • Author_Institution
    Boundless Corp., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    13-16 Jan 1998
  • Firstpage
    347
  • Lastpage
    351
  • Abstract
    Much of the mass of a battery is comprised of nonreactive materials. In an Ni-H2 battery, this includes the pressures vessel and 50% of the positive electrode PowerCoreTM reconfigures the battery materials to serve as a structural sandwich panel. The effective specific energy of the new device can exceed 100 Wh/kg. PowerCoreTM is intended to handle power demands of low Earth orbiting communications satellites such as IRIDIUM(R). This paper describes the concept and development progress
  • Keywords
    artificial satellites; hydrogen; nickel; secondary cells; space vehicle power plants; IRIDIUM; Ni-H2; Ni-H2 battery; PowerCore; battery mass; effective specific energy; energy to weight ratio increase; low Earth orbiting communications satellites; nonreactive materials; positive electrode; pressures vessel; structural sandwich panel; Artificial satellites; Assembly; Batteries; Bonding; Costs; Electrodes; Investments; Lamination; Low earth orbit satellites; Particle separators;
  • 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.1998.653892
  • Filename
    653892
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2428145