Subsurface ambient thermoelectric power for moles and penetrators

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 637-642

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CPU COOLING; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE CYCLES; ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION; PENETRATORS; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; PROOF OF CONCEPT; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84879405147     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2003.1235473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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