Accession Number:

AD0776101

Title:

Reconditioning Process for a Nickel-Iron Battery,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

Personal Author(s):

• Levin,M. S.

Report Date:

1972-06-23

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

In the proposed method of restoring the capacity of a nickel-iron battery, 25-35 of the nominal battery current capacity is passed through distilled water. As a result, the products of the electrolysis of distilled water react with the carbonates precipitated in the pores of the reactive media.

Descriptors:

• *Storage batteries
• *Regeneration(Engineering)
• Distilled water
• Carbonates
• Electrolysis
• USSR
• Translations
• Patents

Subject Categories:

• Electrochemical Energy Storage

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE