Self-compensating heating system for a reserve electrolyte battery
A self-compensating heating system is described for a reserve electrolyte battery comprising, a storage tank for electrolyte to be supplied to the battery, and means defining a flow path from the storage tank to the battery including a laminar flow device having flow passages sufficiently small to establish viscosity-sensitive flow impedance to assure that the rate of electrolyte flow is dependent on the viscosity of the electrolyte and a heat exchanger downstream of the laminar flow device. It also includes a solid propellant gas generator having a gas outlet connected to the heat exchanger for burning a solid propellant with a burn rate which increases with the temperature at which the solid propellant is stored whereby there is a relation between the electrolyte flow and heat generated to have longer exposure of the electrolyte to gas in the heat exchanger when the battery is stored at low temperature.
- Assignee:
- Sundstrand Corp., Rockford, IL
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4650732
- OSTI ID:
- 6882245
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 28 Sep 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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