Title

Thermopile Generator Feasibility Study. Part IV - Generator Design

Description

This report contains a detailed description and summary of a research and development study to determine means of employing thermopile generators as sources of electrical power in future air and space weapon systems. The following major areas of work were involved: 1) Materials development, 2) Junction fabrication and test, 3) Thermoelectric generator applications studies, and 4) Thermoelectric generator design.
The report consists of four parts as follows:Part I - Summary - This presents an over-all summary of the entire program.Part II - Materials Investigations - This contains the details of the work on materials development.Part III - Performance Studies - This presents in detail the work on thermoelectric generator applications studies as well as the more general aspects of thermoelectric generator design.Part IV - Generator Design - This contains the details of the work on junction fabrication and test and thermoelectric generator design for specific applications.
This is Part IV of the report and contains a detailed description of the work on junction fabrication and test and on thermoelectric generator design as applied particularly to: 1) Efforts to design, build, and test a 5 watt generator model, and 2) Preparation of specifications for the 100 watt Solar Thermoelectric Generator are included as an appendix in this Part.

Date

1960

Index Abstract

Contrails only

Photo Quality

Incomplete

Report Number

WADD TR 60-22 Part IV

Corporate Author

General Electric Company

Laboratory

Flight Accessories Laboratory

Extent

94

Identifier

AD0268591

AD0268591

Access Rights

OTS

Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 33(616)-5281

DoD Project

3145

DoD Task

60199

DTIC Record Exists

Yes

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1960-08

Abstract

This report contains a detailed description and summary of a research and development study to determine means of employing thermopile generators as sources of electrical power in future air and space weapon systems. The following major areas of work were involved: 1) Materials development, 2) Junction fabrication and test, 3) Thermoelectric generator applications studies, and 4) Thermoelectric generator design.
The report consists of four parts as follows:Part I - Summary - This presents an over-all summary of the entire program.Part II - Materials Investigations - This contains the details of the work on materials development.Part III - Performance Studies - This presents in detail the work on thermoelectric generator applications studies as well as the more general aspects of thermoelectric generator design.Part IV - Generator Design - This contains the details of the work on junction fabrication and test and thermoelectric generator design for specific applications.
This is Part IV of the report and contains a detailed description of the work on junction fabrication and test and on thermoelectric generator design as applied particularly to: 1) Efforts to design, build, and test a 5 watt generator model, and 2) Preparation of specifications for the 100 watt Solar Thermoelectric Generator are included as an appendix in this Part.

Provenance

IIT

Type

report

Format

1 online resource (ix, 84 pages) : ill.

Creator

Gessner, R. L.

Subject

Electric Power Production

Generators

Power Supplies

Thermocouples

Electrical Conductivity

Electrodeposition

Iron

Lead Compounds

Materials

Nickel

Sandwich Panels

Artificial Satellites

Spacecraft

Tellurides

Thermal Conductivity

Thermoelectricity

Publisher

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH : Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force

Distribution Conflict

No