Accession Number:

AD0735736

Title:

An Experimental Investigation of Cooling a High Rate Nickel-Cadmium Battery with an Intercell Planar Heat Pipe.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. Sep-Dec 70,

Corporate Author:

DAYTON UNIV OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Mahefkey,Edward T. , Jr.
• Kreitman,Marshall

Report Date:

1971-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

The purpose of the research was to investigate the passive thermal control afforded a battery by the heat pipe. Heat pipes are being considered for thermal control of spacecraft batteries, both as intercell and as battery base plate-to-space radiator heat transfer devices. The report describes the use of a planar rectangular cross section stainless steel - water heat pipe as an intercell heat transfer device to cool high-rate nickel-cadmium battery cells. Passive thermal control of battery cell temperature was demonstrated and performance of the heat-pipe-cooled cells was compared to that of uncooled cells and cells cooled with a metallic aluminum intercell fin.

Descriptors:

• *STORAGE BATTERIES
• *HEAT EXCHANGERS
• TEMPERATURE CONTROL
• NICKEL
• CADMIUM
• SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• HEAT TRANSFER

Subject Categories:

• Electrochemical Energy Storage
• Air Conditioning, Heating, Lighting and Ventilating

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE