Assessment of the US industrial program for AMTEC developmentThe Alkali Metal Thermal to Electric Converter (AMTEC) is a static energy conversion technology that is expected to provide low mass thermal to electric conversion with efficiencies between 20 and 35 percent. The U.S. program to develop this technology for space power applications has grown substantially over the past 3 years. This expanding program has brought together several laboratories and technical consultants, in separately sponsored projects, to develop the key elements of the technology. An assessment of this multiparty program indicates that, in general, the effort has focused on the high priority technical elements with only moderate overlap between individual projects. There are, however, several areas where additional coordination is needed between major participants in the existing projects, and other areas where new projects should be started, in order to provide reliable space power systems without unnecessary delays.
Document ID
19930042020
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sievers, R. K. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Hunt, T. K. (Michigan Environmental Research Inst. Ann Arbor, United States)
Williams, R. M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Underwood, M. L. (JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: IECEC '92; Proceedings of the 27th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, Aug. 3-7, 1992. Vol. 3 (A93-25851 09-44)