TY - GEN
T1 - Testing of milliwatt power source components
AU - Snyder, G. J.
AU - Borshchevsky, A.
AU - Zoltan, A.
AU - Caillat, T.
AU - Fleurial, J. P.
AU - Nesmith, B.
AU - Mondt, J.
AU - McBiraey, T.
AU - Allen, D.
AU - Bass, J. C.
AU - Ghamaty, S.
AU - Eisner, N.
AU - Anatychuk, L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2002 IEEE.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - A milliwatt power source (MPS) has been developed to satisfy the requirements of several potential solar system exploration missions. The MPS is a small power source consisting of three major components: A space qualified heat source (RHU), a thermopile (thermoelectric converter or TEC) and a container to direct the RHU heat to the TEC. Thermopiles from Hi-Z Technology, Inc. of San Diego and the Institute of Thermoelectricity of Chernivtsi Ukraine suitable for the MPS were tested and shown to perform as cxpcctcd, producing 40 mW of power with a temperature difference of about 170°C. Such thermopiles were successfully life tested for up to a year. A MPS container designed and built by Swales Aerospace was tested with both a TEC simulator and actual TEC, The Swales unit, tested under dynamic vacuum, provided less temperature difference than anticipated, such that the TEC produced 20 mW of power, with heat input equivalent to a RHU.
AB - A milliwatt power source (MPS) has been developed to satisfy the requirements of several potential solar system exploration missions. The MPS is a small power source consisting of three major components: A space qualified heat source (RHU), a thermopile (thermoelectric converter or TEC) and a container to direct the RHU heat to the TEC. Thermopiles from Hi-Z Technology, Inc. of San Diego and the Institute of Thermoelectricity of Chernivtsi Ukraine suitable for the MPS were tested and shown to perform as cxpcctcd, producing 40 mW of power with a temperature difference of about 170°C. Such thermopiles were successfully life tested for up to a year. A MPS container designed and built by Swales Aerospace was tested with both a TEC simulator and actual TEC, The Swales unit, tested under dynamic vacuum, provided less temperature difference than anticipated, such that the TEC produced 20 mW of power, with heat input equivalent to a RHU.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICT.2002.1190361
DO - 10.1109/ICT.2002.1190361
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33750318705
T3 - International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings
SP - 463
EP - 470
BT - Proceedings ICT 2002
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 21st International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT 2002
Y2 - 25 August 2002 through 29 August 2002
ER -