| タイトル | Thermoelectric power conversion in space |
| 著者（英） | Ewell, Richard; Awaya, Henry I.; Nesmith, Bill; Vandersande, James |
| 著者所属（英） | Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. |
| 発行日 | 1990-09-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | A radiatively-heated multicouple for use in the next generation of radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) will employ 20 individual couples within a single cell, so that 40 n- and p-semiconductor legs will be interconnected in series. At the hot end of the RTG, the legs will be electrically interconnected using silicon molybdenum; on the cold side, the legs are interconnected by tungsten. The entire cell is then mechanically attached to a radiator, which conducts heat away and radiates it into space. Deep-space applications will use RTGs developed for vacuum operation; thermoelectric converter power systems using a unicouple configuration have flown on such missions as Pioneers 10 and 11, which used lead telluride thermoelectric converters, and Voyagers I and II, which used silicon germanium-based thermoelectrics. |
| NASA分類 | SPACECRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER |
| レポートNO | 90A49025 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
| URI | https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/353974 |
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