An overview and status of NASA's Radioisotope Power Conversion Technology NRA

Collection of Technical Papers - 3rd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1681-1689

  Anderson, David J ^a,b,c   Wong, Wayne A ^a,d   Tuttle, Karen L ^a,b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Science Division (PS)   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Thermal Energy Conversion Branch (RPT)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER GENERATION; RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES; SCALE (DEPOSITS);

RADIOISOTOPE POWER SYSTEMS (RPS); SCALABILITY; STIRLING; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 29144436648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-5713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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