Primary Battery Session Utilization of the Mg/MnO2 Dry Cell System,

Abstract

Two methods for improving the performance characteristics of the magnesium dry cell have been explored. In the first approach, the improvement was obtained with a hybrid system consisting of the magnesium/manganese dioxide (Mg/MnO2) dry battery and the nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd) rechargeable battery under intermittent discharge conditions. In the second approach the benefit in performance was achieved by insulating the Mg/MnO2 battery against heat losses. The combined influence of both approaches lead to very substantial improvements in low temperature, high current discharge performance. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA037703

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  • Donald B. Wood

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

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  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battery Chargers
  • Dry Batteries
  • Heat Loss
  • Hybrid Systems
  • Low Temperature
  • Magnesium
  • Magnesium Batteries
  • New Jersey
  • Primary Batteries
  • Storage Batteries
  • Surface Temperature

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  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Robotics and Automation.

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  • Microelectronics