GB1137866A – Improvements in or relating to radio-isotope-powered thermoelectric generators
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GB1137866A – Improvements in or relating to radio-isotope-powered thermoelectric generators
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Improvements in or relating to radio-isotope-powered thermoelectric generators
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Publication number
GB1137866A
GB1137866A
GB15022/65A
GB1502265A
GB1137866A
GB 1137866 A
GB1137866 A
GB 1137866A
GB 15022/65 A
GB15022/65 A
GB 15022/65A
GB 1502265 A
GB1502265 A
GB 1502265A
GB 1137866 A
GB1137866 A
GB 1137866A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
isotope
thermoelectric element
radioisotope
april
shield
Prior art date
1965-04-08
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB15022/65A
Inventor
Francis William Yeats
Jeremy Stevenson
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
UK Atomic Energy Authority
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
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1965-04-08
Filing date
1965-04-08
Publication date
1968-12-27
1965-04-08
Application filed by UK Atomic Energy Authority
filed
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UK Atomic Energy Authority
1965-04-08
Priority to GB15022/65A
priority
Critical
patent/GB1137866A/en
1966-04-04
Priority to US539994A
priority
patent/US3472702A/en
1966-04-06
Priority to SE04764/66A
priority
patent/SE329421B/xx
1966-04-07
Priority to DE19661539337
priority
patent/DE1539337B1/en
1968-12-27
Publication of GB1137866A
publication
Critical
patent/GB1137866A/en
Status
Expired
legal-status
Critical
Current
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Classifications
G—PHYSICS
G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
G21H—OBTAINING ENERGY FROM RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; APPLICATIONS OF RADIATION FROM RADIOACTIVE SOURCES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; UTILISING COSMIC RADIATION
G21H1/00—Arrangements for obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources, e.g. from radioactive isotopes, nuclear or atomic batteries
G21H1/10—Cells in which radiation heats a thermoelectric junction or a thermionic converter
G21H1/103—Cells provided with thermo-electric generators
Abstract
1,137,866. Utilizing energy of radiations. UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY. 1 April, 1966 [8 April, 1965], No. 15022/65. Heading G6P. In a radioisotope-powered electric generator the isotope supplies heat to semi-conductor thermoelectric elements. Both thermal and nuclear radiation shielding surround the isotope and thermoelectric element, and serves also as a heat sink for the cold junction of the element. The radioisotope is a pellet of strontium 90 titanate sealed in a helium atmosphere within a steel can and layers of alumina are disposed above and below the thermoelectric element to provide both thermal contact and electrical insulation. The atmosphere inside the shield, surrounding the isotope is formed of xenon at atmospheric pressure. The thermoelectric element, of n and p-type bismuth telluride, is supported on a removable plug, forming part of the shield and through which pass the electrical leads in a stepped channel. Two thermoelectric elements may be mounted within a single shielding system.
GB15022/65A
1965-04-08
1965-04-08
Improvements in or relating to radio-isotope-powered thermoelectric generators
Expired
GB1137866A
(en)
Priority Applications (4)
Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title
GB15022/65A
GB1137866A
(en)
1965-04-08
1965-04-08
Improvements in or relating to radio-isotope-powered thermoelectric generators
US539994A
US3472702A
(en)
1965-04-08
1966-04-04
Radioisotope-powered thermoelectric generators
SE04764/66A
SE329421B
(en)
1965-04-08
1966-04-06
DE19661539337
DE1539337B1
(en)
1965-04-08
1966-04-07
Thermoelectric radionuclide battery
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title
GB15022/65A
GB1137866A
(en)
1965-04-08
1965-04-08
Improvements in or relating to radio-isotope-powered thermoelectric generators
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Publication Number
Publication Date
GB1137866A
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GB1137866A
(en)
1968-12-27
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ID=10051688
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GB15022/65A
Expired
GB1137866A
(en)
1965-04-08
1965-04-08
Improvements in or relating to radio-isotope-powered thermoelectric generators
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US
(1)
US3472702A
(en)
DE
(1)
DE1539337B1
(en)
GB
(1)
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(en)
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(en)
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1965
1965-04-08
GB
GB15022/65A
patent/GB1137866A/en
not_active
Expired
1966
1966-04-04
US
US539994A
patent/US3472702A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime
1966-04-06
SE
SE04764/66A
patent/SE329421B/xx
unknown
1966-04-07
DE
DE19661539337
patent/DE1539337B1/en
active
Pending
Cited By (3)
* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title
CN112624756A
(en)
*
2020-12-25
2021-04-09
中国工程物理研究院核物理与化学研究所
Preparation method of ceramic strontium titanate isotope fuel pellet
CN112635093A
(en)
*
2020-12-30
2021-04-09
中国工程物理研究院核物理与化学研究所
Based on90Temperature difference power generation device of Sr isotope
CN112635093B
(en)
*
2020-12-30
2022-11-04
中国工程物理研究院核物理与化学研究所
Based on 90 Temperature difference power generation device of Sr isotope
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US3472702A
(en)
1969-10-14
SE329421B
(en)
1970-10-12
DE1539337B1
(en)
1970-11-26
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