Technical and economic assessments of electrochemical energy storage systems: Volume 5, Sodium sulfur battery plant description, cost estimate, credible accident and efficiency assessment: Part 1, General Electric/Chloride Silent Power Ltd. battery design: Final report for the period September 1978-May 1985

Technical Report · Wed Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6670422

Abraham, J; Binas, G; Del Monaco, J L; Pandya, D A; Sharp, T E

This document describes the General Electric Co./Chloride Silent power Limited (CSPL) Sodium-Sulfur (Beta) battery as the basic unit in the development of a battery load-leveling facility, that will store the output of base-load generation during periods of low demand and provide a supply of energy for periods of high demand.

• Research Organization: PSE and G Research Corp., Newark, NJ (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-78ET26950
• OSTI ID: 6670422
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/26950-1-Vol.5; ON: DE86006859
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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