User:Dorkmo/Ideas/Battery

idea is to use powder contained in tubs. the walls will have a perforated mesh whos holes angle up and out so that the powder cannot escape.

Nickel-Iron_Battery

google doc folder

design

ideas

• add a couple super capacitors to get some cold cranking amps?
  • not sure if that would work but just an idea

• two tubs with grid on four sides of each or shared center.

• fins for surface area.

• cages that snap in to the bottom of a tub shared by two cages.

• might use a part of a sphere for the snap in idea.

• tub lid
  • tub lid will need some sort of two pole terminal block
    • from cages below
    • to next tub or out for use
  • might need some sort of cover for uninsulated wires from cage
  • vent for gas?

• need to make parametric for 10 tub battery
  • maybe input number of rows and columns so it can be a single row or two side by side

sketches

single cell separated by a grid.

File:BATTERY-idea-20141012.skp

scad work

User:Dorkmo/Ideas/Battery/SCAD

chemistry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%28II%29_hydroxide

calculations

• nickel carbonate
  • 4.39 g/cm3
• nickel hydroxide Ni(OH)2
  • 4.10 g/cm3

bom

hardware

nickel, aluminum, brass?

• all thread
  • http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-threaded-rods/=579nk4pdnli2mh8mzi
  • http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-threaded-rods/=579nk4pdnli2mh8azx
  • http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-threaded-rods/=579nk4pdnli2mh7hqd
• bolts
  • http://www.mcmaster.com/#machine-screws/=579nk4pdnli2mh6pcm
  • http://www.mcmaster.com/#machine-screws/=579nk4pdnli2mh6334
• washers
• nuts

chemicals

• Ni(OH)2
• KOH [1]
• Fe3O4 [2]

supplier directory