Recent advances in vapor-anode, Multi-Tube, alkali metal thermal-to-electric Conversion Cells for Space Power

摘要

This paper reviewed the advances made in the technology of vapor-anode, multi-tube AMTEC cells in recent years. A number of individual cells have been tested successfully in vacuum. One cell (PX-3A) has operated continuously for 4,500 hrs, producing 4.7W sub e at 1.9 V and an efficiency of 14.2