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Munitions Batteries:Basics, Requirements, and Challenges
Michael Ding, Frank Krieger, Jeff SwankMunitions Battery TeamU.S. Army Research [email protected] 7, 2016
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Welcome
Welcome to the Future of Munitions Batteries Workshop!
First Day (7 December 2016)Registration Starts 7:20 AM- ARL: Cindy Lundgren - Welcome and Introduction to CREB 8:00 AM1. Munitions Batteries: Taking Stock 8:20 AM- ARL : Michael Ding - Munitions Batteries: Basics, Requirements, and challenges 8:20 AM- ARL : Michael Ding - Developing Thin-Film Thermal Batteries and Heat Source Materials 8:40 AM- ARL: Jeff Swank - Liquid Reserve Fuze Batteries: Trying to Move Beyond the Status Quo 9:00 AM- SNL: Scott Roberts - Multiphysics modeling of thermal batteries at Sandia 9:20 AM- > Break < 9:40 AM- Rafael: Ofer Raz - Advances in R&D and Production of Thermal Batteries 10:00 AM- Eagle Picher: Dharmesh Bhakta - Battery Technologies for Munitions 10:20 AM- EnerSys: Paul Schisselbauer - Advanced Munitions Batteries 10:40 AM- ATB: Guy Chagnon - Munitions Batteries: Taking Stock 11:00 AMDiscussions (Auditorium; Running microphones at the ready) 11:20 AMLunch 12:00 PM2. DoD Needs and Requirements for Munitions Batteries 1:00 PM- Army-AMRDEC: Patrick Taylor - Spare No Expense: Missiles' Special Needs 1:00 PM- OSD-JMP: Paul Butler - The Munitions Power Maze: OSD, JMP, JFTP, and More 1:20 PM- Army-ARDEC: Tony Pergolizzi - TCG-V and the Newly Identified Munitions Power Gaps 1:40 PM- Navy-Crane: Sam Stuart - Progression of Missile Battery Technology and Where It Is Headed 2:00 PM- > Break < 2:20 PM
3. Potentials of Active Battery Technologies for Munitions Applications 2:40 PM- ARL: Jeff Read - Feasibily of Using Active Batteries for Munitions Applications 2:40 PM- Energizer: Matt Wendling - Active Battery Technologies for Munitions Applications 3:00 PM- MaxPower: Steve Shantz - Organic-Based R/T Liquid Reserve Technologies 3:20 PM- Army-ARDEC: Karen Amabile - (2) Power Requirements for Munitions: Present and Futu 3:40 PMDiscussions (Auditorium; Running microphones at the ready) 4:00 PMGet-Together Dinner (Olive Garden, 14650 Baltimore Ave, Laurel, MD 20707; 301-284-0826) 7:30 PM
Second Day (8 December 2016)4. Non-Conventional Thinking and Technologies for Munitions Power 8:00 AM- Army-ARL: Bruce Geil - Inside the Box: An Outside the Box Look at Power Requirements for New Concepts 8:00 AM- Army-ARDEC: Guisseppe Di Benedetto - Nanomaterials and Additive Manufacturing for Munitions Power Sources 8:20 AM- SNL: Chris Apblett - Thin Film Thermal Battery Development for High Rate Applications 8:40 AM- Missouri U of Sci and Tech: Nick Leventis - Aerogel-Wise: Making Novel Heat Source Materials for Thermal Batteries 9:00 AM- OmniTek: Jay Rastegar - Hooked on Munitions Power: Mini-Inertial Igniters, Piezo-Energy-Harvesters, and More 9:20 AM- > Break < 9:40 AMDiscussions (Continuation of this Session; Running microphones at the ready) 10:00 AMEnd of Workshop 12:00 PM
Munitions Batteries: batteries for gun-fired munitions, rockets, missiles, bombs, mines, and other exploding devices that are used for one-shot, non-maintainable, always-ready applications, roles that have traditionally been filled by reserve batteries.
Purpose: to bring together scientists, technologists, program managers, system designers, and users from government agencies,research labs, private companies, universities, and program offices to understand, exchange information on, and discuss the present, the past, and the future of munitions batteries to bring about a new vision and new pathways for munitions battery technologies going forward.
Style: informative, interactive, inter-disciplinary, synergetic, non-conventional, and forward-looking.
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Requirements for Munitions Batteries
• Core requirements for munitions and missiles batteries:
• Long shelf life (> 20 years)
• Charge stability (retention)
• Materials stability (limited long-term deterioration)
• Device stability (packaging)
• High G/spin conditions (50 kG/300 rps)
• Wide temperature range (-54 to 71 °C)
• High reliability (99+%)
• More requirements
• Faster rise
• Higher energy and power densities in smaller volumes for smart munitions
• More flexible geometries (form-factor and conformal)
• Lower cost
• Better manufacturability
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The Unique Munitions Batteries
Electrolyte
Impact
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MOFA Cutaway Illustration
Endplate
Case
Cell Cup
Cell Stack
Positive Pin(GTM Seal) Terminal
Plate
(+)(-)Spring
Interlock Pin(2 Places)
Cutter
Drive DiskReservoir
Spacer
Ball Seal
Ground Pin(Case Ground)
Electrolyte
Cell Cup BottomT.P. Insulator
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Thermal Battery Basics
s.s. electrodeAnode
ElectrolyteCathode
Pyrotechnicheat pellet
Source: Guidotti, Masset, J. Power Sources,161 (2) 1443-1449
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Pros/Cons of Traditional Mechanisms
• Core requirements for munitions and missiles batteries:
Long shelf life (> 20 years)
Charge stability (retention)
Materials stability (limited long-term deterioration)
o Device stability (packaging)
o High G/spin conditions (50 kG/300 rps)
Wide temperature range (-54 to 71 °C)
High reliability (99+%)
• More requirements
Faster rise
Higher energy and power densities in smaller volumes for smart munitions
More flexible geometries (form-factor and conformal)
Lower cost
Better manufacturability
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Munitions Power Candidate Matrix
Satisfied Inherently unsuitable Unknown but potentially suitable
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Example: 40-Year-Old Thermals Still Work
CaCrO4/LiCl-KCl/Ca
Temperature (oC)
Number Tested
Number Meeting 1 sec Activation
Time
Number Meeting 18 sec Discharge
Life
Number Meeting 30 sec Discharge
Life
-54 12 12 10 1
25 10 10 10 10
74 11* 11 10 6
Total 33 33 30 17
Output voltage: 350 +/- 17.5 volts, not to exceed 380 voltsCurrent: 110 mAActivation time: 1 second (to reach 332.5 volts)Discharge life: 18 and 30 seconds (before dropping below 332.5 volts)
Test Results of 33 Thermal Batteries Aged 40 Years
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Needs and Challenges
• Needs for the future munitions power devices
• Reduce production cost
• Raise energy and power densities (complexity ↓ packaging ↓)
• Shorten rise time
• Increase spatial adaptability (geometric flexibility)
• Improve manufacturability
• Challenges for the potential replacing technologies
• Prolonged shelf life (> 20 years)
• Adequate long-term charge retention
• Highly chemically stable components (storage temperature)
• Wide temperature rang (storage and operation)
• Short rise time (passivation problem)
• High reliability
• High G/spin tolerance
• Sustained financial support and management focus
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Developing New Heat Source Materials and Thin-Film Thermal Batteries
Michael Ding, Frank Krieger, Jeff SwankMunitions Battery TeamU.S. Army Research [email protected] 7, 2016
ARDEC Team, Picatinny Arsenal, NJSandia Team, Albuquerque, NMNick Leventis, MST, Rolla, MOOSD-JMP (Chris Janow)
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New Heat Source Materials
Heat paper: Zr-BaCrO4 powder mixture supported by an inorganic fiber Pressed pellets: pressed Fe-KClO4 powder mixture (Fe in excess) Fe-aerogel-based pyrotechnic materials as heat source
Motivation and rationale A schematic flow-chart for materials preparation Some examples of initiation and burning of such samples
NanoFoil as heat source material Materials preparation by physical sputtering Motivation and rationale Nano-structure and initiation and propagation of exothermic reaction Other tests and properties for thermal battery applications
Summary
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Mechanisms of heat source materials
NanoFoil T. B. heat source – more recent:
Al and Ni metals alternately nano-layered into foilsAl + Ni → (Al,Ni) + ∆H
Fe-particle T.B. heat source – traditional:
Fe (particulate) and KClO4 particles pressed into pellets4 Fe + KClO4 → 4 FeO + KCl + ∆H
Fe-aerogel T.B. heat source – most recent:
Fe (porous) and LiClO4 particulate deposits in the pores:4 Fe + LiClO4 → 4 FeO + LiCl + ∆H
10 µm 25 µm
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Fe-aerogel: motivations and merits
Inexpensive to make with aerogel-based preparation routes
Monolithic, thus imparting the end material with sufficient
mechanical strength and electrical conductivity
Tailorable properties via structural control (micro/nano)
Improved materials utilization
Fe-aerogel T.B. heat source – most recent:
Fe (porous) and LiClO4 particulate deposits in the pores:4 Fe + LiClO4 → 4 FeO + LiCl + ∆H
10 µm 25 µm
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Energizing aerogel Fe0 with LiClO4
PBO-FeOx-200
800 oC, Ar
Fe0/C
FeOx PBO CFe0LiClO4
Pyrotechnic composites
sat. LiClO4/acetone
Fe0/C Fe2O3/Fe0
600 oC, Air 1200 oC, H2
Fe0
Fe2O3
Fe0 (denser, coarser, stronger)
Consolidation for desired mechanical and
electrical properties
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Ignition and burning of an energetic composite
The Fe aerogel was sintered at 1200 °C.
The aerogel shrunk in size but still maintained a porosity greater than 60%.
The Fe-aerogel material was infiltrated with solution of LiClO4 and then dried.
The resulting material was initiated successfully and maintained its mechanical integrity before, during, and after the initiation and subsequent burning reaction.
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Fe-aerogel: motivations and merits
Metallic, with inherent mechanical strength and electrical conductivity
Gas-less
Tailorable properties via structural control (bilayer thickness)
Flexible form factor
Conducive to continuous production
Expensive and rigid
NanoFoil T. B. heat source – more recent:
Al and Ni metals alternately nano-layered into foilsAl + Ni → (Al,Ni) + ∆H
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NanoFoil as New Heat Source
Reactionzone
thermaldiffusionat
omic
diffu
sion
reacted foil
AlNi
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NanoFoil: Flame Propagation
Filmreacting
Filmreacted
Flame propagation speed: 9 m/s NanoFoil can be readily ignited edgewise Flame propagates considerably faster in
NanoFoil than in heat paper
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NanoFoil: Peak TemperatureMeasurement and Control
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1200Peak temperature / °C
Number of NanoFoil discs
No. B
uffe
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Tem
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, θ /
°C
3-2-3, 200 lb, no microtherm3-2-3, 200 lb, microtherm2-2-2, 200 lb, microtherm2-3-2, 200 lb, microtherm2-4-2, 200 lb, microtherm2-4-2, 100 lb, microtherm1-4-1, 200 lb, microtherm1-2-1, 200 lb, microtherm3-3-3, 200 lb, microtherm3-4-3, 200 lb, microtherm
Peak temperature is effectively controlled by stainless steel buffer discs
Peak temperature increases with NanoFoil disc number and decreases with buffer discs
Peak temperature is dependent more on buffer disc number than NanoFoil
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Summary of Heat Source Work
NanoFoil as heat source material Proven effective in both traditional and thin-film thermal batteries Inherently better mechanical and conductive properties Rapid flame propagation leading to short rise time Gasless reaction Expensive, rigid, and excessive skin temperature.
Fe-aerogel-based pyrotechnic materials as heat source Inherently better mechanical and conductive properties Less expensive (potentially cheap) Offering many ways to desired microstructures Highly tailorable for targeted physical and pyrotechnic properties Demonstrated desired pyrotechnic behavior in initiation and burning Promising but requiring further work
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Why Thin-Film Thermal Battery?
• Core requirements for munitions and missiles batteries:
Long shelf life (> 20 years)
Charge stability (retention)
Materials stability (limited long-term deterioration)
o Device stability (packaging)
o High G/spin conditions (50 kG/300 rps)
Wide temperature range (-54 to 71 °C)
High reliability (99+%)
• More requirements
Faster rise
Higher energy and power densities in smaller volumes for smart munitions
More flexible geometries (form-factor and conformal)
Lower cost
Better manufacturability
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Prototyping NanoFoil-Heated Thin-Film Thermal Battery
Program background and acknowledgement
Thermal battery, NanoFoil, and other thin-film components
Some experiments leading to the battery prototype
o Regulation of skin-temperature on NanoFoil by buffer layers
o Effective positioning of fuse strip
o Heat-sink effects and their mitigation
Construction of the prototype NanoFoil-heated thin-film thermal battery
Test results of the prototype battery
o Discharge profile, runtime, and resistance
o Rise time
o Gas analysis (no gas at all)
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The program resulted from combining and synergizing the efforts by ARL-ARDEC of using NanoFoil as the new heat source material for thermal battery, and those by SNL of developing thin-film anode/electrolyte and cathode components for thermal battery.
SNL’s Advanced Power Sources Group is our major collaborator, providing coated anode/electrolyte and cathode/current collector
Financial support from OSD and JMP
Chris Janow (retired) of JMP and ARDEC for program formulation and support
Many people at Picatinny Arsenal, ARDEC
Program Backgroundand acknowledgements
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Prototype Thermal Battery— NanoFoil Skin-Temperature
Time, t / s0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tem
pera
ture
, θ /
°C
0
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2345
Buffer layer thickness / mil
Buffer layer thickness, τ / mil
1 2 3 4 5 6
Pea
k Te
mpe
ratu
re, θ
/ °C
600
650
700
750
800
850
900
Nichromematch wire
TC
Heat paper fuse strip
8.0V 1.4A
AgilentE3649A
Agilent34970A
606.5
Time, t / s0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Vol
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Other Related Experiments— Fuse-Strip Positioning
Runtime, t / ms0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Vol
tage
, E /
V
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Match, longBattery, longTop TC, longBottom TC, long Match, shortBattery, shortTop TC, shortBottom TC, short
• Proper positioning of a fuse-strip in relation to match-wire can significantly shorten rise time because of its much slower burn-rate than that of NanoFoil.
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Experimental Setup for Stack Discharge and Characterization
CathodeElectrolyteAnodeMicrothermHeat paperNanoFoilBuffer
CathodeElectrolyteAnodeMicrothermHeat paperNanoFoilBuffer
Agilent34970A
606.5Agilent34970A
606.5
NichromewireNichromewire
Maccor4300
Maccor4300
TCTCTCTC
Fuse stripFuse strip
8.0V 1.4A
AgilentE3649A
8.0V 1.4A
AgilentE3649A
Nat InsPCI-6251M
Nat InsPCI-6251M
Nat InsPCI-6251M
• Experimental setup for the discharge and the electrical and thermal characterization of NanoFoil-heated thin-film thermal battery stacks. The stack in the figure consists of two (2) thermal cells.
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Other Related Experiments— Heat-Sink Effects
Time, t / s0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Res
ista
nce,
R /
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
End-heatingNo end-heating
Cur
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mA
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Time, t / s0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Tem
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, /
°C0
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Res
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R /
0.0
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1.0
Top TC, end-heatingResistance, end-heatingTop TC, no end heatingResistance, no end-heating
Vol
tage
, E /
V
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12-cell 1-cell
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Prototype NanoFoil-Heated TFTB
Layer Materials Thickness /milThermal insulation Microtherm 90 (uncompressed)Match wire NichromeThermal insulation Microtherm 90 (uncompressed)Heat source NanoFoil 150 µmHeat buffer Stainless steel 2Thermal insulation Microtherm 90 (uncompressed)Positive electrode Stainless steel 3Heat buffer Stainless steel 5Heat source NanoFoil 150 µmHeat buffer Stainless steel 5Cathode substrate Not listed Not listed Cathode Not listed Not listed Separator Not listed Not listed Anode/substrate Not listed Not listedHeat buffer Stainless steel 5Heat source NanoFoil 150 µmHeat buffer Stainless steel 5Negative electrode Stainless steel 3Thermal insulation Microtherm 90 (uncompressed)Heat buffer Stainless steel 2Heat source NanoFoil 150 µmHeat buffer Stainless steel 2Thermal insulation Microtherm 90 (uncompressed)
* The portion in blue repeats 12 times.
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NanoFoil-Heated Thin-Film Thermal Battery: Performance and Rise Time
Time, t / ms0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Vol
tage
, E /
V
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MatchBattery
Time, t / s0 10 20 30 40 50 60
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VoltageCurrent
Pressed-pellet: 500 msCurrent: 100 ms
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Samples Total Pressure / torr H2 O2 N2 CO CH4 CO2
First 100.7 80.6 0.0 0.0 17.2 2.2 0.0
Second 100.2 68.6 6.8 6.3 14.0 4.3 0.0
Typical in pptb ~500
Prototype Thermal Battery— Gas Reduction
• Total pressure of gases inside traditional pressed-pellet thermal batteries can easily reach close to a thousand Torr during operation.
Summary for Prototyping an All-Thin-Film Thermal Battery Prototyped a 12-Cell NanoFoil-heated thin-film thermal battery The prototype battery initiated and performed well Rise time shortened within 100 milliseconds Internal pressure was negligible Demonstrated the viability of all-thin-film thermal batteries
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