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Single battery power subsystems: On-line reconditioning

Conference ·
OSTI ID:263865
The effect of on-line reconditioning (deep discharge) on a single, Nickel-Hydrogen spacecraft battery in GEO and LEO is considered. A life cycle test was performed in both GEO and LEO to study the effect of reconditioning on the battery`s end of discharge voltage (EODV). The results of these tests show that: LEO on-line reconditioning increased the EODV (by approximately 15 cycles to maximum EODV) and the EODV lasted for approximately 300 cycles, but GEO on-line reconditioning decreased the EODV slightly during the first six days and increases significantly after the seventh day. Based on the available data from the life cycle test, it has been concluded that a long life and stable voltage is realizable with the baseline architecture (single battery, single bus) without the need for reconditioning.
Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL (United States). George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
OSTI ID:
263865
Report Number(s):
N--96-24116; NASA-CP--3325; M--802; NAS--1.55:3325; NIPS--96-39735; CONF-9511233--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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