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Nickel hydrogen and silver zinc battery cell modeling at the Aerospace Corporation

Conference ·
OSTI ID:263870
A nickel hydrogen battery cell model has been fully developed and implemented at The Aerospace Corporation. Applications of this model to industry needs for the design of better cells, power system design and charge control thermal management, and long-term performance trends will be described. Present efforts will be described that are introducing the silver and zinc electrode reactions into this model architecture, so that the model will be able to predict performance for not only silver zinc cells, but also nickel zinc, silver hydrogen, and silver cadmium cells. The silver zinc cell modeling effort is specifically designed to address the concerns that arise most often in launch vehicle applications: transient response, power-on voltage regulation, hot or cold operation, electrolyte spewing, gas venting, self-discharge, separator oxidation, and oxalate crystal growth. The specific model features that are being employed to address these issues will be described.
Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL (United States). George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
OSTI ID:
263870
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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