Compact portable electric power sources

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/663584· OSTI ID:663584

Fry, D N; Holcomb, D E; Munro, J K; Oakes, L C; Matson, M J

This report provides an overview of recent advances in portable electric power source (PEPS) technology and an assessment of emerging PEPS technologies that may meet US Special Operations Command`s (SOCOM) needs in the next 1--2- and 3--5-year time frames. The assessment was performed through a literature search and interviews with experts in various laboratories and companies. Nineteen PEPS technologies were reviewed and characterized as (1) PEPSs that meet SOCOM requirements; (2) PEPSs that could fulfill requirements for special field conditions and locations; (3) potentially high-payoff sources that require additional R and D; and (4) sources unlikely to meet present SOCOM requirements. 6 figs., 10 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 663584
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM--13360; ON: DE98054446; BR: 49 WE 10 30 1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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