Sodium-sulfur batteries for satellite applications
Conference
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OSTI ID:5904471
A development status evaluation is presented for the USAF's various efforts to advance sodium-sulfur battery technology as a basis for GEO and LEO satellite energy storage systems. These efforts encompass the High Energy Density Rechargeable Battery program, the LEO Sodium-Sulfur Cell Development program, the Improved Sodium-Sulfur Electrolyte program, and the Lightweight Aerospace Battery (LAB) program. An especially taxing requirement for batteries of this type is the substantial number of charge/discharge cycles typical of LEO satellite applications. The LAB program, which will extend to 1993, is intended to develop a bipolar, flat-plate sodium-sulfur satellite battery with 7-10 year service life in LEO and 15 years in GEO.
- OSTI ID:
- 5904471
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9004295--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
25 ENERGY STORAGE
250901 -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Design & Development
250904* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Other Applications
AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
BATTERY CHARGERS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
METAL-NONMETAL BATTERIES
POWER SUPPLIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SERVICE LIFE
SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES
SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES
STORAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WEIGHT
250901 -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Design & Development
250904* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Other Applications
AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
BATTERY CHARGERS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
METAL-NONMETAL BATTERIES
POWER SUPPLIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SERVICE LIFE
SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES
SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES
STORAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WEIGHT