MILLIWATT FUEL CELL SYSTEM FOR SENSORS
The development of a small milliwatt fuel cell system for powering sensors is described. The fuel cell is fueled by hydrogen derived from a solid calcium hydride fuel and oxygen derived from hydrogen peroxide. The fuel cell delivers a steady 100 milliwatts at 6 volts to a DC to DC inverter with an output of about 30 volts. The inverter output charges a small 28 volt nickel-cadmium battery which delivers a steady 2 mA to a sensing load and 430 mA intermittently to a transmitter. /GMRL/
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Supplemental Notes:
- This report is from the 9th Proceedings of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA United States 15096 -
Authors:
- Camp, R N
- Baker, B S
- Reiss Jr, E H
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1974
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 830-36
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cadmium; Electric batteries; Fuel cells; Nickel; Sensors
- Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00097462
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Society of Automotive Engineers
- Report/Paper Numbers: SAE No. 749165
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM