Sodium-Nickel batteries for telecom applications: Design, performance and field operational overview

Author

Restello, Silvio ; Lodi, Giuseppe ; Paolin, Emiliano

Author_Institution

Fiamm SpA, Maggiore, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

9-13 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Sodium-nickel chloride batteries have been successfully used in electric mobility applications for ten years. The features of this technology can prove very interesting in critical backup power telecom applications. Fiamm-Sonick, a new division created by merging FIAMM and MES-DEA experience in battery technologies, has garnered a significant experience in manufacturing Sodium-Nickel batteries. This paper presents the state of the art of sodium-nickel cells/batteries specifically developed for backup power telecom applications. Cell and battery design development, key manufacturing processes, performance characterizations and results from field operation in selected applications are reviewed.

Keywords

nickel compounds; secondary cells; sodium; FIAMM; Fiamm-Sonick; MES-DEA; Na-NiCl₂; electric mobility application; key manufacturing process; power telecom application; sodium-nickel chloride battery; time 10 year; Batteries; Monitoring; Reliability; System-on-a-chip; Temperature measurement; US Department of Defense; High temperature Batteries; Sodium-Nickel Chloride Batteries;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference (INTELEC), 2011 IEEE 33rd International

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

ISSN

2158-5210

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1249-4

Electronic_ISBN

2158-5210

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.2011.6099784

Filename

6099784