Joint Development of Thermophotovoltaic Concepts

Abstract

The overall objective of this effort was to provide state of the art hardware to the Compact Power Group at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, MD, for use in their development of a quiet, fuel-efficient, compact, power generator based on thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power conversion. As part of this program, novel emitters were designed, fabricated, and tested. A thermal system model was developed using ray tracing. We also developed a procedure for assembling individual emitter tiles into a more complex shape.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 21, 2021
Accession Number
AD1123675

Entities

People

  • David N. Woolf
  • Joel M. Hensley

Organizations

  • Physical Sciences (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Assembly
  • Commerce
  • Copyrights
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emitters
  • Energy Transfer
  • Films
  • Geometry
  • Governments
  • High Temperature
  • Law
  • Materials
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Metamaterials
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • New England
  • Physical Sciences
  • Ray Tracing
  • Thickness
  • Thin Films
  • Triangles
  • Visual Inspection

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Thermoelectric Devices.