Particularly reliable microthermopiles for generators with isotopic heat source based on Pu238

International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 594-597

  Anatychuk, L I ^a   Demchuk, B M ^a  

^a Institute of Thermoelectricity   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Chemical elements; Heart; Leg; Pacemakers; Power generation; Power supplies; Radioactive materials; Redundancy; Thermoelectricity; Voltage

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART; PACEMAKERS; POWER GENERATION; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

HEAT SOURCES; LEG; MICROTHERMOPILES; MULTI-ELEMENT; POWER SUPPLY; RESISTIVE ELEMENTS; THERMAL GENERATORS;

REDUNDANCY;

EID: 84869495944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICT.2003.1287583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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