Sealed Lead-Acid Battery Performance and Present Aircraft Applications 971219
The United States Navy has flown Sealed Lead-Acid Batteries (SLA) for approximately 15 years. The first SLA aircraft batteries were cylindrical cell design and evolved to a prismatic design to save weight, volume, and to increase rate capability. This paper discusses the evolution of the SLA aircraft battery designs, present SLA battery performance, and battery size available along with their aircraft applications (both military & commercial). The paper provides some of the reliability data from present applications. Finally, the paper discusses future evolution of the SLA technology required to improve performance and to remain the technology of choice over other sealed aircraft battery designs.
Citation: Koss, S., Rice, D., Goodman, A., and Johnson, W., "Sealed Lead-Acid Battery Performance and Present Aircraft Applications," SAE Technical Paper 971219, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/971219. Download Citation
Author(s):
Skip Koss, David Rice, Alan W. Goodman, William R. Johnson
Pages: 4
Event:
SAE Aerospace Power Systems Conference and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE Aerospace Power Systems Conference Proceedings-P-307
Related Topics:
Lead-acid batteries
Batteries
Aircraft
Technical review
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