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An overview of eight years of activity developing French nickel-hydrogen technologyThe French and European Space Agencies (CNES, ESA) have been continuously contributing to the development of synthetic aperture focusing technique (SAFT) Ni-H2 technology since 1985. An important effort has been devoted to improving scientific knowledge to enhancing industrial experience and to promoting SAFT as an official back up source for the European domestic telecommunications market as a battery supplier. Fundamental aspects have been investigated in both industrial and university labs as essential R&D supports. The objectives of this paper are the following: to explain which technical areas, components, and processes have been covered by our studies; to show the results of this work; to establish the status which has been reached and what the standard SAFT individual pressure vessels (IPV) design's main features are; and to present our plans for the near future.
Document ID
19930011325
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jamin, Thierry
(Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Toulouse, France)
Verniolle, Jean
(European Space Agency. European Space Research and Technology Center ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center, The 1992 NASA Aerospace Battery Workshop
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Accession Number
93N20514
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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