METHOD OF USING NICKEL-HYDROGEN ACCUMULATOR BATTERY AND ACCUMULATOR BATTERY FOR ITS REALISATION Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC H01M10/50 H01M12/08 

FIELD: electrical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to electrical engineering and can be used when using nickel-hydrogen accumulator batteries mainly in self-contained electric power supply systems of artificial Earth satellites. According to the invention, the method of using a nickel-hydrogen accumulator battery involves charging, storage in charged state with periodic charging, discharging and controlling temperature of accumulators using heat sinks, which are thermally interfaced with cylindrical surfaces of the accumulators. The accumulator battery for realising the method contains accumulators, mounted in to the heat sink through an electrically non-conducting sealing material.

EFFECT: increased reliability of using a nickel-hydrogen accumulator battery due to additional control of temperature of the surface of accumulators which are not thermally interfaced with the heat sink.

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