Compact portable electric power sources

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

doi:10.2172/663584

Title: Compact portable electric power sources

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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.

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

Publication Date:: Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 663584

Report Number(s):: ORNL/TM-13360
ON: DE98054446; BR: 49 WE 10 30 1; TRN: AHC29818%%422

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-96OR22464

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: Feb 1997

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; POWER SUPPLIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; REMOTE AREAS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FUEL CELLS; CAPACITORS; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERTERS; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; WIND TURBINES; FLYWHEEL ENERGY STORAGE; MICRO-SCALE HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RADIOISOTOPE BATTERIES; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems

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                    Fry, D N, Holcomb, D E, Munro, J K, Oakes, L C, and Matson, M J. Compact portable electric power sources.  United States: N. p., 1997. 
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                    Fry, D N, Holcomb, D E, Munro, J K, Oakes, L C, & Matson, M J. Compact portable electric power sources.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/663584

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                    Fry, D N, Holcomb, D E, Munro, J K, Oakes, L C, and Matson, M J. 1997.  
        "Compact portable electric power sources".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/663584.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/663584.

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