Comparison of advanced nickel-cadmium space cell technology with other technologies in consideration for low Earth orbit, geosynchronous equitorial orbit and planetary missions

Author

Pickett, D.F., Jr ; Hayden, J.W. ; Lucero, D. ; Johnson, Z.

Author_Institution

Power Syst. Dept., Eagle-Picher Technol., Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1064

Abstract

The Super NiCd^TM cell technology has found its way into a number of commercial and NASA applications and is performing as advertised. In recent reviews, there are documented instances of over 30 in orbit uses of this technology. A more cost-effective version of the cell, Magnum Nickel Cadmium technology has performed comparable to the Super NiCd^TM cell in cycle life testing and is available for a maiden flight application. A comparison in performance of the nickel cadmium technology with other technologies and their relative cost figures shows that nickel cadmium can be competitive with nickel hydrogen, nickel metal hydride and lithium-ion technology for a number of space applications

Keywords

aerospace testing; cadmium; life testing; nickel; secondary cells; space vehicle power plants; Magnum Nickel Cadmium technology; Ni-Cd; Ni-Cd secondary batteries; Super NiCd^TM; cycle life testing; electrochemical performance; geosynchronous equitorial orbit; low Earth orbit; planetary missions; space applications; space power; Batteries; Cadmium; Costs; Electrodes; Energy storage; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; NASA; Nickel; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit, 2000. (IECEC) 35th Intersociety

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

1-56347-375-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.2000.870913

Filename

870913