Ni-Cad Battery State-of-Health Indication Improvements

The program will develop the necessary monitoring techniques and modeling tools needed to assess the state-of-charge and health of nickel cadmium batteries. The developed system will be designed and implemented into an advanced prognostic and health maintenance system that will actively determine when service of critical components will be needed. The developed models will be based on physical processes that occur during operation of the battery. Existing models of nickel cadmium battery performance will be augmented to include the fade mechanisms of interest. Monitoring techniques will be integrated with the developed models to provide improved health and state of charge predictions.