Future radioisotope power needs for missions to the Solar System
Autor: | B.J. Nesmith, J.F. Mondt, M.L. Underwood |
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Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Zdroj: | IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203). |
DOI: | 10.1109/iecec.1997.659233 |
Popis: | NASA is exploring many types of power source technologies. One discussed in this paper is a new high efficiency, low mass, energy converter to replace the present thermoelectric converter in the radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). This new technology converter will allow the number of radioisotope-fueled heat sources and the mass to be reduced. NASA and DOE plan a cooperative team effort with industry, government laboratories and universities to develop a near term, low cost, low power (100 W electric class), low mass ( |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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