Reliability ofThermoelectric Couple NetworksBasedUponCouple Catastrophic Failures

Highreliability ofRTGsiSdemanded inthelong nontrophic failure reliability, whichisonly oneimportant part ofthetotal. a effective reliability mathematical model. Itisdeliberately narrow; twoothermaintainable andperhaps man-rated duties forwhichthey major components ofcouple reliability, drift andloadmismatch, arenot aresowellsuited. Theseries-parallel circuit isa means discussed. Thesynthesis ofthemodel, itsuse, andlimitations aredes-ofachieving this; themathematical modeldeveloped cribed. hereisacomputational toolforevaluating itsreliability. Probability relationships between theavailability ofaminimum specified Theconstruction ofacomputer codebasedonthemathepowerlevel andtheassurance ofelectrical continuity formtheframeworkmatical modelandcomparison withotherequations is ofthemodel. Theconfiguration under study issimilar tointernal arrangementsofother powerdevices suchassolar cells andbattery cells. Here,notgivenhere. opencircuit isconsidered theonly failure mode, viz., theprobability of Themainrequirements forthemathematical modelare short circuit isnegligible. thefollowing. Themodelcanbeapplied toother powerdevices. Itsalgorithm formis 1)Theremust beelectrical continuity in thearrangesuitable foradaption toacomputer code. ment.