A High-Efficiency Electromechanical Battery

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 462-474

  Post, Richard F ^a   Fowler, T Kenneth ^b   Post, Stephen F ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Curtis PMC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY STORAGE; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

ELECTROMECHANICAL BATTERIES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY BATTERIES;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 0027554722     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.241483     Document Type: Article

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