USA - 30/11/2010 - 3B Tips - Rockwell Collins presented at the show IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2010 "Cambridge (Massachusetts) a battery that can significantly reduce the load carried by soldiers.
The total weight is usually 50-60kg and batteries account for about 10-25kg ... In 2007, there were nearly 257,000 reported orthopedic injuries in the military.
batteries are generally used only once per mission - indeed, no risk is tolerated during a mission.
Rockwell Collins believe that the cost of shipping batteries in Afghanistan is $ 3,000 to $ 4,000 / kWh. Rockwell assesses energy recovery technologies combined with fuel cells and new lithium-ion batteries.
In addition, the newsletter of the ADIT mention the ambitious program of research on batteries of the future BATT (Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies)
BATT The research group is led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) and is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE). It has 30 researchers who are distributed in various laboratories of the U.S. DoE. The group focuses on six areas related to batteries: anode, cathode, electrolyte, modeling, cell analysis and diagnostics.
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Sources: PCB 23/11/2010 Rockwell Collins, October 2010 ADIT