Development and Demonstration of a 25 Watt Thermophotovoltaic Power Source for a Hybrid Power System
- Author:
- Shukla, Kailash
- Published:
- August 2001.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Doyle, Edward and Metcalfe, Christopher
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- The development of a propane-fueled, 25 W thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power source for use in a hybrid power system is described. The TPV power source uses a platinum emitting surface with an anti-reflective coating to radiate to gallium antimonide photocells, which converts the radiation to electric power. The development program started with the design and fabrication of an engineering prototype system. This was used as a component development vehicle to develop the technologies for the various components. A 25 W demonstration prototype was then designed and fabricated using the most advanced component approaches. The designs and test results from this development program are discussed.
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- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 20010093213.
TR04-2001.
E-12910.
NASA/CR-2001-211071.
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