Progress in electrochemical storage for battery systems

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1972

OSTI ID:7088403

Ford, F E; Hennigan, T J; Palandati, C F; Cohn, E

Efforts to improve electrochemical systems for space use relate to improvement of conventional systems, development of fuel cells to practical power systems, and a search for new systems that provide gains in energy density but offer comparable life and performance as conventional systems. Improvements in sealed conventional systems resulted in the areas of materials, charge control methods, cell operations and battery control, and specific process controls required during cell manufacture. Fuel-cell systems were developed for spacecraft but the use of these power plants is limited. For present and planned flights, nickel--cadmium, silver--zinc, and silver--cadmium systems will be used. Improvements in nickel--cadmium batteries were applied in medical and commercial areas.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Md. (USA). Goddard Space Flight Center
• OSTI ID: 7088403
• Report Number(s): N-73-13049; NASA-TM-X-66129; X-761-72-448
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
250901* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Design & Development
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300501 -- Fuel Cells-- Design & Development
BATTERY CHARGING
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
FABRICATION
FUEL CELLS
MATERIALS
METAL-METAL OXIDE BATTERIES
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERIES
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
SILVER-CADMIUM BATTERIES
SILVER-ZINC BATTERIES
SPACE VEHICLES