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Title:
Direct Conversion of Energy
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Subject Terms:
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; Understanding the Atom Series; The World of the Atom Series; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; direct energy conversion; thermoelectricity; magnetohydrodynamic conversion; chemical batteries; nuclear batteries; fuel cells; solar cells
Document Categories:
Radioisotope Power Supplies Including Isotopic Systems for Nuclear Auxillary Power (SNAP) General
Document Type:
BOOK
Publication Date:
1964 Jan 01
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
39 pages
Accession Number:
Atom20
Originating Research Org.:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
OpenNet Entry Date:
2014 Jun 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2014 Jun 28
Description/Abstract:
Topics include: direct versus dynamic energy conversion; laws governing energy conversion; thermoelectricity; thermionic conversion; magnetohydrodynamic conversion; chemical batteries; the fuel cell; solar cells; nuclear batteries; and advanced concepts including ferroelectric conversion and thermomagnetic conversion.