Sodium-sulfur batteries for satellite applications

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5904471

Wolanczyk, S M; Vukson, S P

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-
• Resource Relation: Conference: SAE, aerospace atlantic meeting, Dayton, OH (USA), 23-26 Apr 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES
AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
BATTERY CHARGERS
ENERGY STORAGE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SERVICE LIFE
WEIGHT
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
METAL-NONMETAL BATTERIES
POWER SUPPLIES
STORAGE
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