AUTOMATED CHARGE-DISCHARGE FACILITY FOR STUDY OF DIRECT-CURRENT ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCES

Abstract

The report describes a facility consisting mainly of a controller for charging and discharging electrical power sources. The facility also includes a data storage system and data reduction equipment. The controller has five modes of operation: Constant current and constant voltage charge, constant power and constant current discharge, and an open-circuit voltage period. Each mode has certain preset end points. A comparator monitors cell voltage continuously and can override the end points, causing a printout of ampere-hours, watt-hours, or time. All modes of operation and end points can be set up by diode pins in program boards, and the constant power, voltage, or current level is programmed by a clip-card reader. Twenty-five different modes and sixteen different levels can be preprogrammed in any sequence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0660336

Entities

People

  • Edward J. Dowgiallo Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Cells
  • Classification
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Converters
  • Data Reduction
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Diodes
  • Direct Current
  • Energy
  • Fuel Cells
  • High Energy
  • Power Supplies
  • Resistance
  • Test Facilities
  • Voltage

Readers

  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electrical Engineering