{"id":154736,"date":"2018-03-23T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=154736"},"modified":"2018-03-23T11:37:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T11:37:17","slug":"bhel-to-make-space-grade-cells-for-isro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/bhel-to-make-space-grade-cells-for-isro\/","title":{"rendered":"BHEL to make space grade cells for ISRO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) would make space grade lithium-ion (Li-Ion) cells for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under technology transfer, the space agency said on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have entered into a technology transfer agreement with BHEL to make space grade Li-Ion cells,&#8221; it said in a statement here. <\/p>\n<p>The agreement was signed on Thursday in the presence of ISRO Chairman K. Sivan and BHEL Managing Director Atul Sobti at the space agency headquarters here. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Li-Ion batteries are used as power sources for our satellite and launch vehicle applications due to their high energy density, reliability and long cycle life,&#8221; noted the statement. <\/p>\n<p>The ISRO&#8217;s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala has developed the technology to produce space grade Li-Ion cells, demonstrated its performance under testing conditions and established its cycle life characteristics in accelerated mode. <\/p>\n<p>The cells are being used for various satellite and launch vehicle applications.<\/p>\n<p>The technology transfer will enable BHEL to produce space grade Li-Ion cells to meet the country&#8217;s space programme requirements. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The technology can also be adopted to cater to the Li-Ion cell requirement for other national needs,&#8221; the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) would make space grade lithium-ion (Li-Ion) cells for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under technology transfer, the space agency said on Friday. &#8220;We have entered into a technology transfer agreement with BHEL to make space grade Li-Ion cells,&#8221; it said in a statement here. The agreement was signed on Thursday in the presence of ISRO Chairman K. Sivan and BHEL Managing Director Atul Sobti at the space agency headquarters here. &#8220;The Li-Ion batteries are used as power sources for our satellite and launch vehicle applications due to their high energy density, reliability and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-power"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}