@misc{e0b9b660f9da4b9f8757d323406c2af6,
title = "Thermal Analysis of the Vulnerability of the Spacesuit Battery Design to Short-Circuit Conditions (Presentation)",
abstract = "NREL researchers created a mathematical model of a full 16p-5s spacesuit battery for NASA that captures electrical/thermal behavior during shorts to assess the vulnerability of the battery to pack-internal (cell-external) shorts. They found that relocating the short from battery pack-external (experimental validation) to pack-internal (modeling study) causes substantial additional heating ofcells, which can lead to cell thermal runaway. All three layers of the bank-to-bank separator must fail for the pack-internal short scenario to occur. This finding emphasizes the imperative of battery pack assembly cleanliness. The design is tolerant to pack-internal shorts when stored at 0% state of charge.",
keywords = "advanced batteries, battery internal short circuits, battery thermal runaway, lithium ion batteries, spacesuit battery packs",
author = "Kandler Smith",
year = "2010",
language = "American English",
series = "Presented at the 2010 Space Power Workshop, 22 April 2010, Manhattan Beach, California",
type = "Other",
}
