SNAP 7D Strontium-90 Fueled Thermoelectric Generator Power Source Thirty-Watt U. S. Navy Floating Weather Station

摘要

The objectives of the SNAP 7D program were to design, manufacture, and test and deliver a thirty-watt electric generating system for a modified U. S. Navy NOMAD-class weather buoy to be stationed in the Gulf of Mexico This report describes the sixty-watt strontium-90 thermoelectric generator, the relay panel, the batteries, and the installation of the system in a boat-type buoy.nIn addition to delivering the power supply, many tests were required for the SNAP 7D system to demonstrate its conformance to the contract statement of work. The electrical tests of the generator and of the system, the shock and vibration tests, and the tests at the environmental temperature extremes are discussed in detail.