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    Creating a Battery Bank with Paraffin Wax as a Heat Sink

    These are the high discharge 18650: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010NUUQFK/?tag=pfamazon01-20 The 18650s are highly desirable because of their high discharge to draw large currents. I didn't do the research to say why else 18650s were chosen, though I assume there is very good reasoning. The 80...
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    Creating a Battery Bank with Paraffin Wax as a Heat Sink

    The pressure release valve would lead to vacuum; the reseating pressure will be considerably higher than near-vacuum to ensure the batteries operate in normal pressure ranges. Batteries have to be used because the system is moving very rapidly. We understand that the use of batteries...
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    Creating a Battery Bank with Paraffin Wax as a Heat Sink

    The batteries themselves aren't exposed to vacuum. The design currently is to place them in a box, fill it with paraffin wax (leaving a small air gap), evacuating the air, and reintroducing nitrogen gas at the top. The box is airtight to maintain the pressure even though the outside of the box...
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    Creating a Battery Bank with Paraffin Wax as a Heat Sink

    I'm in charge of designing a battery bank (using 18650 batteries) that will produce large amounts of heat for a short period of time. The battery bank will be in a near vacuum (~800 Pa), so convective heat transfer will not be effective. Since the operation time is only ~80 seconds, my thought...
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