A low temperature, high performance lithium sulfur dioxide battery for a personal locator beacon

Author

Donaldson, George J. ; Moroz, Walter J. ; Torlone, Giulio

Author_Institution

Nat. Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1990

fDate

25-28 Jun 1990

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The authors describe an improved personal locator beacon (PLB) battery in which cell and battery design have been chosen to withstand high frequency vibrations as well as a number of other environmental conditions. A new technical specification for the PLB battery is described. The specification defines the performance and safety requirements for the battery and prescribes cell and battery level testing to evaluate performance over a wide range of temperatures and environmental conditions. The results of the performance tests are presented in detail

Keywords

lithium; power supplies to apparatus; safety; secondary cells; sulphur compounds; testing; Li-SO₂; design; high frequency vibrations; low temperature; performance; personal locator beacon; power supplies to apparatus; primary cells; safety; testing; Batteries; Circuit testing; Electric shock; Fuses; Lithium; Moisture; Safety; Temperature; Vibration measurement; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Sources Symposium, 1990., Proceedings of the 34th International

Conference_Location

Cherry Hill, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-87942-604-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPSS.1990.145785

Filename

145785