Nickel-hydrogen cell low Earth orbit life test at NWSC/Crane

Author

Donley, S.W. ; Hill, C.A. ; Menichiello, A. ; Dalton, P.J. ; Haag, R.L. ; Hall, S.W.

Author_Institution

Aerosp. Corp., El Segundo, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

6-11 Aug 1989

Firstpage

1417

Abstract

The goals and current status of the US Air Force nickel-hydrogen (Ni-H₂) battery cell life test program is described. The objectives of this testing are to develop a comprehensive database supporting the application of Ni-H₂ cells in low earth orbit (LEO) and to support their application in medium altitude (MAO) and geosynchronous (GEO) orbits as well. More than 200 individual pressure vessel (IPV) design cells are to be included in the test and represent all four domestic vendors of the Air Force design cell. Both 3.5 in and 4.5 in diameter cell sizes are represented in the test. The authors discuss the acceptance and characterization testing of the 3.5 in diameter 50 Ah nameplate capacity cells

Keywords

hydrogen; nickel; secondary cells; space vehicle power plants; Ni-H₂; US Air Force; geosynchronous orbit; individual pressure vessel; low Earth orbit life test; medium altitude; Aerospace testing; Batteries; Cranes; Databases; Life testing; Low earth orbit satellites; Manufacturing; Space technology; US Department of Defense; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1989.74654

Filename

74654