NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19940012589: The 1987 Goddard Space Flight Center Battery Workshop

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PREFACE
This document_contains the proceedings of the 20th annual Battery Workshop held
at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland on November 4-5, 1987. The
Workshop attendees included manufacturers, users, and government
representatives interested in the latest developments in battery technology as they
relate to high reliability operations and werospace use. The subjects covered
included lithium cell technology and safety improvements, nickel-cadmium
electrode technology along with associated modifications, flight experience and life
testing of nickel-cadmium cells, and nickel-hydrogen applications and technology.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION, Thomas Y. Yi, GSFC 1
SESSION I - FLIGHT OVERVIEWS
Chairman: Mr. Thomas Y. Yi, GSFC
LESSONS LEARNED - PAY A_ON,
Gilbert Roth, NASA Headquarters .......................... 5
JPL FLIGHT PROGRAM OVERVIEW,
Karla Clark, IPL .................................... 17
ENERGY STORAGE CONSIDERATIONS FOR A ROBOTIC
MARS SURFACE SAMPLER (MARS ROVER),
Robert Cataldo, NASA Lewis Research Center .................. 28
PROGRESS IN NiCd AND NiH 2 BATI'ERIF_ FOR SPACE USE IN JAPAN,
Koichi Yamawaki, National Space Development Agency of Japan and
Tamotsu Shirogami, Toshiba Corp .......................... 48
SESSION II - LITHIUM
Chairman: Dr. Gerald Halpert, JPL
THE USE OF LITHIUM BATIT_RI_ IN SPACE,
Gerald Halpart, JPL ................................... 71
THE SELECTION OF SAFE BATFERI_ FOR SARSAT 406MHz BEACONS,
David Perrone, JPL ................................... 9O
SOLID-SOLID PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL FOR THERMAL
MANAGEMENT OF LITHIUM BATI'ERY PACKS,
Eric Darcy, NASA JSC ................................ 116
THERMAL PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS FOR Li/BCX CELLS,
William Clark, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd ........................ 127
QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LARGE Li/SOC12
BA'FFERY FOR SPACECRAFT APPLICATIONS,
Manuel Uy and Richard Maurer, APL ....................... 144
PACKAGING OF A LARGE Li/SOC12 BA'FIT_.RY FOR CENTAUR,
Vie Kardarpa and Ron Mikkelson, General Dynamics .............. 167
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM CELLS,
Rao Subbarao, JPL ................................... 193
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SESSION m - NiCd
Chairman: Mr. David Baer, Hughes Aircraft
POROUS NONSINTERED NICKEL COATED GRAPHITE FIBER
ELECTRODE STRUCTURES,
Steohen Lipka, American Cyanamid ......................... 213
ISSUES REGARDING IN-ORBIT RECONDITIONING,
Karla Clark, JPL .................................... 230
UPDATED LIFE TEST RESULTS FOR AUSSAT NiCd BATTERY CELLS
USING PELLON 2505 AND FS 2117 SEPARATORS,
David Baer, Hughs Aircraft .............................. 241
LIFE TEST RESULTS OF A 12Ah NiCd BATTFAII_ FOR GEO APPLICATIONS,
Charles Koehler, Ford Aerospace .......................... 256
THE AEROSPACE NiCd CELL SEPARATOR
QUALIFICATION PROGRAM: UPDATE,
Randy Haag, NWSC and Robert Francis, Aerospace Corp ............ 276
UPDATE ON THE QUALIFICATION TESTING OF GE 50 Ah NiCd CELLS
WITH 2536 SEPARATOR AND PASSIVATED POSITIVE PLATES,
George Morrow, NASA/GSFC ............................ 3O4
NiCd CELL COMMON DATA POOL: PROGRESS AND STATUS REVIEW,
Warren Hwang, Sam Donley, G. Collins,
and Jim Matsumoto, Aerospace Corp ......................... 32t
SEASONAL POWER VARIATION IN A LEO SATELLITE,
Martin Milden, Warren Hwang, and Jim Matsumoto, Aerospace Corp .... 338
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CONTF_TS (Continued)
SESSION IV - NICKEL HYDROGEN
Chairman: Dr. Lawrence ThaUer, NASA/LeRC
Ni-H 2 BATYERY RECHARGE MANAGEMENT FOR IN-ORBIT OPERATIONS,
Robert Green, GTE Spacenet ............................. 357
LIFE TEST RESULTS OF THE INTELSAT-V NiH2 BATI'ERY,
Ronald Hudak, Ford Aerospace ............................ 387
NiH 2 BATFERY FLIGHT STATUS,
Lee Miller and Jack Brill, Eagle-Picher ....................... 399
NiH 2 LEO LIFE TEST AT NWSC: CELL CHARACTERIZATION RESULTS,
Tony Felts, Randy Haag, and Steve Hall, NWSC;
Chuck Badeock and Sam Donley, Aerospace Corp ................ 407
LEO TESTING OF NiH 2 CELLS AT MARTIN-MARIETI'A: A STATUS REPORT,
Ken Fuhr, Martin-Marietta .............................. 432
PARAMETRICS OF NiH 2 CELL DESIGN,
Arnold Hall, Wittaker-Yardney ............................ 447-
DEVELOPMENT IN NiI-I2 CELL DESIGNS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS,
John Harvey, Marconi Space Systems, Protsmouth, England .......... 459
PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST NiH 2 BATI'ERY,
Jack Sindorf, Johnson Controls ............................ 476
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NiH 2TECHNOLOGY
AT WITI'AKER-YARDNEY,
John Kennedy, Wittaker-Yardney .......................... 496
RECENT PROGRESS IN NiI-I2 CELL/BATTERY TECHNOLOGY
AT NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER,
John Smithrick, NASA Lewis Research Center .................. 506
EFFECT OF KOH CONCENTRATION ON NiH2 CELL PERFORMANCE,
Hong Lim, Hughes Research Lab ........................... 528
SESSION V - PANEL DISCUSSION
THE MERITS OF CURRENT KOH CONCENTRATION
IN USE FOR Nilt_ AND NiCd CELLS
Chairman: Dr. Lawrence Thaller, NASA/LeRC
PANEL SESSION,
Hong Lim, Hughes Research Lab. and James Dunlop, COMSAT Corp. 549
LIST OF ATTENDEES 565
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INTRODUCTION
Thomas Y. Yi
Goddard Space Flight Center
On behalf of George Morrow, I would like to thank you for your continuing interest
in the annual NASA Battery Workshop. We sincerely hope that the 1987 Workshop
was as informative and enlightening as the past Workshops.
As in the past workshops, we have placed emphasis on the existing test programs
and recent improvements/events in the aerospace cells and batteries. The first day
was devoted to two sessions on general overview of the aerospace batteries and on
lithium cell technology. The overview section was opened by an enlightening
presentation on "Lessons Learned - Pay Attention" by Mr. Gilbert Roth of
NASA/HQ, and concluded with an overview of the NiCd and NiH2 battery program
in Japan. The afternoon lithium session covered the cell and battery technology for
both the aerospace and terrestrial usage. The second day began with the NiCd session
with presentations on both the on-ground life testing and on-orbit data. This was
followed by the afternoon session on the NiH2 technology with emphasis on the
ceU/battery design evaluation and simulated orbital cycling. The Workshop was
concluded with a panel discussion on the merits of the KOH concentration on the
NiCd and NiH2 cells. The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Lawrence Thaller
of NASA Lewis Research Center, with opening remarks by Dr. Hong Lim of Hughes
Aircraft and Mr. James Dunlop of COMSAT Labs.
We would like to thank all the people that helped making the 1987 Workshop a
success. We would like to thank the attendees, presenters, and especially the session
chairmen for the time and effort they have put in, for making the Workshop an
active forum for discussion of aerospace cells and batteries.
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