Prismatic sealed nickel-cadmium batteries utilizing fiber structured electrodes. II. Applications as a maintenance free aircraft battery

Author

Anderman, Menahem ; Benczur-Urmossy, Gabor ; Haschka, F.

Author_Institution

Acme Adv. Energy Syst., Tempe, AZ, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

25-28 Jun 1990

Firstpage

290

Lastpage

294

Abstract

For pt.I see ibid., p.286-9 (1990). Test data on prismatic sealed Ni-Cd batteries utilizing fiber structured electrodes (sealed FNC) is discussed. It is shown that, under a voltage limited charging scheme, the charge acceptance of the sealed FNC battery is far superior to that of the standard vented aircraft Ni-Cd batteries. This results in the sealed FNC battery maintaining its capacity over several thousand cycles without any need for electrical conditioning or water topping. APU start data demonstrate superior power capabilities over existing technologies. Performance at low temperature is presented. Abuse test results reveal a safe fail mechanism even under severe electrical abuse

Keywords

aircraft; cadmium; electrochemical electrodes; nickel; power supplies to apparatus; secondary cells; APU start data; abuse test results; fiber structured electrodes; maintenance free aircraft battery; prismatic sealed Ni-Cd battery; vented aircraft Ni-Cd batteries; voltage limited charging scheme; Batteries; Cadmium; Current limiters; Electrodes; Hydrogen; Nickel; Temperature; Testing; Vents; 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.1990.145850

Filename

145850