Standard Line Alkaline Secondary Batteries

摘要

The development of a family of secondary batteries based on the design of only 18 sizes of battery boxes will make available for field use 108 units to provide 6-, 12and 24-volt operation in capacities from 3.5 to 220 ampere hours. These 108 units will be built in three electrochemical systems (the nickel-cadmium, the zinc-silver oxide, and the cadmium-silver oxide) and will be made up of vented or sealed cells which will have been standardized previously. The flexibility and interchangeability to be derived from such a family of batteries will be enhanced further by incorporating in the design capability for operation of one-third of these batteries at 24 or 12 volts and one-third at 12 or 6 volts. The cases will be designed of fiberglas reinforced plastic to withstand severe environmental conditions and to provide operation with or without covers. With the covers removed, coupling directly to using equipment will be possible. Standardization of nickel-cadmium and silver-cadmium cells is being accomplished at present and two of the vented nickel-cadmium batteries are under development. (Author)