论文信息 - Technology-based design and scaling for RTGs for space exploration in the 100 W range

Technology-based design and scaling for RTGs for space exploration in the 100 W range

Abstract This paper presents the results of a study on design considerations for a 100 W radioisotope thermo-electric generator (RTG). Special emphasis has been put on designing a modular, multi-purpose system with high overall TRL levels and making full use of the extensive Russian heritage in the design of radioisotope power systems. The modular approach allowed insight into the scaling of such RTGs covering the electric power range from 50 to 200 We (EoL). The retained concept is based on a modular thermal block structure, a radiative inner-RTG heat transfer and using a two-stage thermo-electric conversion system.

Leopold Summerer | Jean Pierre Roux | Alexey Pustovalov | Viacheslav Gusev | Nikolai Rybkin

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