• DocumentCode
    2821690
  • Title

    Operational testing of valve regulated lead acid batteries in commercial aircraft

  • Author

    Timmons, John B. ; Koss, E.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Concorde Battery Corp., West Covina, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    14-17 Jan 1997
  • Firstpage
    5
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    Valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries provide electrical performance that is virtually identical to sintered plate nickel-cadmium battery systems. In addition, the VRLA batteries offer the user a no maintenance battery and other enhanced features that make this a very desirable battery for aircraft applications. In field trials, where VRLA batteries were substituted for nickel-cadmium batteries, the VRLA provided the user with a high reliability turbine engine starting battery under a wide variety of climatic conditions
  • Keywords
    aerospace testing; aircraft; lead; secondary cells; testing; Pb; Pb-acid secondary batteries; VRLA batteries; aircraft batteries; electrical performance; operational testing; turbine engine starting; valve-regulated batteries; Aircraft propulsion; Batteries; Cadmium; Costs; Maintenance; Military aircraft; System testing; Temperature; Turbines; Valves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1997., Twelfth Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • ISSN
    1089-8182
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3631-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BCAA.1997.574068
  • Filename
    574068