Space Flight Demonstration of the Sodium-Sulfur Cell 929488
The sodium-sulfur battery is emerging as a prime high-temperature energy storage technology for space flight applications. Useable specific energy of two to three times that of Ni-H2 batteries is the key advantage of Na-S. This represents a significant launch cost savings, and increased payload mass capability. A Na-S cell demonstration is planned for a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle flight which focuses on the micro-gravity effects on individual cells. This paper will describe the experiment plan in detail.
Citation: Minck, R., Chang, R., Halbach, C., Divsalar, F. et al., "Space Flight Demonstration of the Sodium-Sulfur Cell," SAE Technical Paper 929488, 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/929488. Download Citation
Author(s):
R. W. Minck, R. R. Chang, C. R. Halbach, F. Divsalar, Ying-Yan Kuo
Affiliated:
Space Systems/Loral
Pages: 5
Event:
27th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (1992)
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Spacecraft
Batteries
Microgravity
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