Tube-in-tube thermophotovoltaic generator
Abstract
A thermophotovoltaic device includes at least one thermal radiator tube, a cooling tube concentrically disposed within each thermal radiator tube and an array of thermophotovoltaic cells disposed on the exterior surface of the cooling tube. A shell having a first end and a second end surrounds the thermal radiator tube. Inner and outer tubesheets, each having an aperture corresponding to each cooling tube, are located at each end of the shell. The thermal radiator tube extends within the shell between the inner tubesheets. The cooling tube extends within the shell through the corresponding apertures of the two inner tubesheets to the corresponding apertures of the two outer tubesheets. A plurality of the thermal radiator tubes can be arranged in a staggered or an in-line configuration within the shell.
- Inventors:
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- Scotia, NY
- Clifton Park, NY
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL), Niskayuna, NY
- OSTI Identifier:
- 871658
- Patent Number(s):
- 5772793
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC12-76SN00052
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- tube-in-tube; thermophotovoltaic; generator; device; thermal; radiator; tube; cooling; concentrically; disposed; array; cells; exterior; surface; shell; surrounds; inner; outer; tubesheets; aperture; corresponding; located; extends; apertures; plurality; tubes; arranged; staggered; in-line; configuration; thermal radiator; cells disposed; thermophotovoltaic device; photovoltaic cells; inner tube; photovoltaic device; outer tube; exterior surface; photovoltaic cell; outer tubes; concentrically disposed; radiator tube; cooling tube; tube extends; thermophotovoltaic cell; /136/
Citation Formats
Ashcroft, John, Campbell, Brian, and DePoy, David. Tube-in-tube thermophotovoltaic generator. United States: N. p., 1998.
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title = {Tube-in-tube thermophotovoltaic generator},
author = {Ashcroft, John and Campbell, Brian and DePoy, David},
abstractNote = {A thermophotovoltaic device includes at least one thermal radiator tube, a cooling tube concentrically disposed within each thermal radiator tube and an array of thermophotovoltaic cells disposed on the exterior surface of the cooling tube. A shell having a first end and a second end surrounds the thermal radiator tube. Inner and outer tubesheets, each having an aperture corresponding to each cooling tube, are located at each end of the shell. The thermal radiator tube extends within the shell between the inner tubesheets. The cooling tube extends within the shell through the corresponding apertures of the two inner tubesheets to the corresponding apertures of the two outer tubesheets. A plurality of the thermal radiator tubes can be arranged in a staggered or an in-line configuration within the shell.},
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year = {1998},
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