SNAP 29 power supply system. Ninth quarterly progress report

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1969

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4183615· OSTI ID:4183615

Progress during the period from Oct. through December 1968 in the development of the SNAP 29 battery, a radioisotope-fueled thermoelectric generator (RTG) system for spacecraft power supplies, is reported. Information is included on: fabrication and testing of RTG components; systems evaluation and integration; reliability analysis and prediction; reentry trajectory and heating rates for various burn-up element configurations; and system safety evaluation. (LCL)

• Research Organization: Isotopes, Inc., Middle River, Md. (USA). Nuclear Systems Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(29-2)-2062
• NSA Number: NSA-33-002849
• OSTI ID: 4183615
• Report Number(s): TID-24922
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Declassified 2 Nov 1971. Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-76
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

N42100* -Engineering-Energy Conversion
300301* -Direct Energy Conversion-Thermoelectric Generators-Design & Development
*SNAP 29 BATTERY- RESEARCH PROGRAMS
*SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES- THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS
DESIGN
FABRICATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RADIOISOTOPE HEAT SOURCES
REENTRY
SAFETY
SPACE VEHICLES
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems