High power vented nickel-cadmium cells designed for ultra low maintenance

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/62.212581· OSTI ID:6550597

Scardaville, P A ^[1]; Newman, B C ^[2]

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1. SAFT America, Inc., Valdosta, GA (United States)
2. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN (United States)

Initially the SAFT program to develop maintenance-free battery technology was in response to a U.S. Air Force commitment to eliminate the need for battery maintenance shops at the line level. The U.S. Navy, through its Crane, Indiana Battery Test Facility, added further demands. They wanted new nickel cadmium battery designs that were lighter, had greater power, more capacity, required much less maintenance, and still met standard Military Specification size requirements. Crane personnel recognized that the major savings in the maintenance costs were achievable in 3- to 5-fold increases of the maintenance period and that non-maintainability was not necessarily a design requisite. In response, SAFT established an internally funded program whose objective was the development of a battery technology that would provide military aircraft batteries meeting these demands.

• OSTI ID: 6550597
• Journal Information: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 8:5; ISSN 0885-8985; ISSN IAEMEE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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25 ENERGY STORAGE
250901* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Design & Development
250904 -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Other Applications
AIRCRAFT
BATTERY CHARGING
DESIGN
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
LIFETIME
MAINTENANCE
METAL-METAL OXIDE BATTERIES
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERIES
PERFORMANCE
POWER SUPPLIES
RELIABILITY
SERVICE LIFE
SPECIFICATIONS
WEIGHT