Abstracto

Effect of flow rate on the discharge characteristics of magnesium sea water activated batteries

M.Senthil Kumar,M.Lalitha Rani,A.Srinivas Kumar,K.Venkateswara Rao,K.V.Ramesh

The present investigation deals with study of effect of flow rate on the discharge characteristics of 80WMg/AgCl and 37 kWMg/CuCl sea water activated batteries. Simulated sea water is used as the electrolyte. Pressure drop data obtained for a 37 kW specimen of Mg/CuCl revealed that the friction factor is constant although there is a significant variation in the flowrate of electrolyte. Fewpoints obtained for another 37 kWspecimen of Mg/CuCl battery are also compared with these data.