Advances in thermoelectric materials with high ZT in mid-90's, revived interest in advanced thermoelectric materials at DOE, DOD and NASA NASA. JPL, in collaboration with Universities, identified promising high temperature thermoelectric materials for potential use in next generation RTGs nder DOD and NASA funding (1995 to 2005). Based on these advances the ATEC project was initiated in January 2006 to develop an advanced converter by 2010 (10-12% couple efficiency). ATEC is a technology maturation project with an off-ramp to a proposed Advanced RTG (ARTG) providing 6-8 W/kg and 8-10% system efficiency to support potential future SMD missions as early as 2017. In addition, work is continuing on advancing the TE materials technology to support development of an RTG with 12-14 W/kg and 15 to 20% efficiency by 2020.


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    Title :

    Development Status and Plans of the Advanced Thermoelectric Converter (ATEC) Project


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space Technology and Applications Forum ; 2008 ; Albuquerque, NM, United States


    Publication date :

    2008-02-13


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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