Present and future Naval system electrochemical power requirements indicate the need for aggressive battery development programs. Multiple development thrusts based on lithium anode systems (both ambient temperature and thermal) are addressing these needs. Half of a total budget of 10 M dollar (shown in Fig. 5), supports advanced and engineering development. The remaining 5 M dollar is evenly split between research and exploratory development. Independent research programs selected by Navy activities mainly support investigation of specific problem areas in exploratory development. Exploratory development activities cover efforts on: (i) high-rate lithium primary batteries for weapons propulsion (both aqueous and thionyl chloride types) and for arming, safety, and fuzing (molten salt types), (ii) low to mid rate lithium batteries for detection, guidance and control, and (iii) programs directed toward the improvement of nonlithium systems. Lithium battery safety is a major concern in battery scale, especially with high capacity batteries discharged at high rates. There are active Navy programs to determine acceptability of lithium power sources for service use, to review lithium battery programs for safety and to investigate accidents of which there have been a significant number.
A survey of navy electrochemical power sources requirements/programs
Ein Ueberblick ueber Entwicklungserfordernisse im Bereich elektrochemische Energiequellen im Marinebereich
1982
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