Operational testing of valve regulated lead acid batteries in commercial aircraft

Author

Timmons, John B. ; Koss, E.F.

Author_Institution

Concorde Battery Corp., West Covina, CA, USA

Volume

12

Issue

7

fYear

1997

fDate

7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

38

Abstract

Valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries provide electrical performance that is virtually identical to sintered plate nickel-cadmium battery systems. In addition, the VRLA batteries offer the user a no-maintenance battery and other enhanced features that make this a very desirable battery for aircraft applications. In field trials, where VRLA batteries were substituted for nickel-cadmium batteries, the VRLA provided the user with a high reliability turbine engine starting battery under a wide variety of climatic conditions

Keywords

aircraft; environmental testing; power supplies to apparatus; reliability; secondary cells; starting; Pb; VRLA; climatic conditions; commercial aircraft; electrical performance; field trials; no-maintenance battery; operational testing; reliability; turbine engine starting battery; valve regulated lead acid batteries; Aircraft propulsion; Batteries; Costs; Engines; Military aircraft; Temperature; Testing; Turbines; Valves; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.596655

Filename

596655