SNAP 7B--STRONTIUM-90 FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR POWER SOURCE. THIRTY- WATT U.S. COAST GUARD AUTOMATIC LIGHT STATION. Final Report

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1963

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4661755· OSTI ID:4661755

The objectives of the SNAP 7B program were to design, manufacture, test and deliver a thirty-watt electric generating system for a U. S. Coast Guard Automatic Light Station. This report describes the sixty-watt, strontium90 thermoelectric generator, the converter, the batteries, and the installation of the generator into the container. The electrical tests of the generator and of the system, the shock and vibration tests, and the tests at the environmental temperature extremes are discussed. (auth)

• Research Organization: Martin-Marietta Corp. Aerospace Div., Baltimore
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AT(30-3)-217
• NSA Number: NSA-17-035221
• OSTI ID: 4661755
• Report Number(s): MND-P-2836
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BATTERIES
ENVIRONMENT
HEAT EXCHANGERS
MATERIALS TESTING
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems
PLANNING
POWER
SHOCK WAVES
SNAP SYSTEMS
SPACE APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
SPACE VEHICLES
STRONTIUM 90
TEMPERATURE
TESTING
THERMOELECTRIC CELLS
THERMOELECTRICITY
VIBRATIONS