27 Feb
2007
27 Feb
'07
2:47 a.m.
At 03:46 PM 2/26/2007, G0MRF@aol.com wrote:
Carrying on the wacky ideas theme, I've been looking at producing power by using thermocouples and not solar cells.
I think it probably could be done. Would require some really intense thermal engineering. An introduction to some of the issues can be found at http://www.tellurex.com/cthermo.html Of course this talks about performance of the thermoelectric devices and does not discuss how one would integrate them into a spacecraft.