Its certainly possible, but the only system I have any knowledge of is by using the heat produced by radioactive decay. This was /is used by various military satellites in the 1980's at least. Maybe it still is.
Try this url for a bit of info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
Don. ZL1THO
Don, That work was still being done in 1998 at General Atomic in Torrey Pines area of San Diego. I suspect that it continues, it was part of the origional Direct Conversion Project of the 60's at General Atomic.
Art, KC6UQH ----- Original Message ----- From: "don" donmc@xtra.co.nz To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Thermocouple power
Its certainly possible, but the only system I have any knowledge of is by using the heat produced by radioactive decay. This was /is used by various military satellites in the 1980's at least. Maybe it still is.
Try this url for a bit of info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator
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