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Title: Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technology development. Final report, May 15, 1995--December 1, 1995

Abstract

This program information release (PIR) summarizes work performed under Task Order Contract SF17787, Task Order 18: Thermophotovoltaic Technology Development, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The period of performance was 15 May 1995 to 1 December 1995. Under this task order, a system model for a thermophotovoltaic (MV) converter was implemented and used to compare a conceptual design for an advanced quaternary III-V cell with integral filter with results previously published for a binary GaSb cell with a freestanding filter. Model results were used to assess the merits of TPV conversion for meeting various levels of space power requirements, including low to medium power isotope applications and high-power reactor applications. A TPV cell development program was initiated to determine the feasibility of fabricating quaternary III-V cells by molecular beam epitaxy. Lastly, a conceptual design was completed for a low-cost demonstration system to test the performance of TPV converters at a multi-cell, sub-system level. The results of these efforts are reported briefly in an executive summary, then in somewhat more detail as a final briefing section in which charts have been reproduced. Additional technical detail is provided in the appendices.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
General Electric Co., Philadelphia, PA (United States); Martin Marietta Astro Space, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
174666
Report Number(s):
DOE/SF/17787-T20
ON: DE96004423; TRN: 96:004410
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-89SF17787
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 11 Dec 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERTERS; DESIGN; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; PROGRESS REPORT; GALLIUM ANTIMONIDES

Citation Formats

. Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technology development. Final report, May 15, 1995--December 1, 1995. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/174666.
. Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technology development. Final report, May 15, 1995--December 1, 1995. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/174666
. 1995. "Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technology development. Final report, May 15, 1995--December 1, 1995". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/174666. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/174666.
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