A design guide for rechargeable zinc-air battery technology

Author

Culter, T.

Author_Institution

AER Energy Resources Inc., Smyma, GA

fYear

1996

fDate

25-27 Jun 1996

Firstpage

616

Lastpage

621

Abstract

The rapid growth in portable devices has been well documented and all indications are that the growth will continue at a torrid pace. This increase in growth has been accompanied by an increase in the power and functionality of the various devices and, consequently, increased requirements of their power devices. The authors describe how the use of long run-time, high energy storage, lightweight rechargeable batteries can be used for such applications. This paper first looks at rechargeable zinc-air battery technology in comparison with other rechargeable battery technologies. The paper then presents details of designing a portable computer based on rechargeable zinc-air secondary batteries. The information is equally applicable to any portable electronic device

Keywords

air; computer power supplies; design engineering; electrochemistry; portable computers; secondary cells; zinc; Zn; Zn-air secondary batteries; design guide; lightweight batteries; portable computer computer supply; portable devices; power devices; Anodes; Application software; Batteries; Cathodes; Chemical technology; Consumer electronics; Energy resources; Energy storage; Particle separators; Portable computers; Runtime; Voltage; Zinc oxide;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southcon/96. Conference Record

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1087-8785

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3268-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOUTHC.1996.535134

Filename

535134