A nickel/hydrogen battery for PV systems

The nickel-hydrogen battery, developed in the early nineteen-seventies as an energy-storage subsystem for commercial communication satellites, is discussed. The advantages offered by nickel-hydrogen batteries, including long life, low maintenance and high reliability, make it very attractive for terrestrial applications such as stand-alone photovoltaic systems. The major drawback to the wider use of the nickel-hydrogen battery is its high initial cost. A 7-kWh battery has been on test since January 1988 using a flat-plate photovoltaic array for charging. The cell, battery design and test methods are briefly described, and the results of cycling and solar tests are presented. It is concluded that the battery is well suited for remote solar applications     

密苏里州上空的卷轴云

这是哪一种云呢?答案是卷轴云(Roll cloud,或称弧状云),这种罕见的长云有时会出现在冷锋前缘。来自往前推进的暴风前缘之下沉下流,会推升前方的湿暖空气,让它的温度低于露点并形成云。如果这种现象在大范围冷锋前缘同时发生时,就会出现这种卷轴云。在卷轴云内,气流有时会沿着卷     

Constrained Improvement MTI Radar Processors

A new class of staggered PRF MTI radar processors is developed in this paper. These processors are constrained to achieve a specified value of MTI improvement and, subject to this constraint, minimize variations in processor response as a function of target Doppler frequency. The selection of both filter weights and PRF stagger sequences is discussed and a number of representative designs are presented.