The development and testing of emissivity enhancement coatings for thermophotovoltaic (TPV) radiator applications [electronic resource]
One requirement of a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) radiator is to efficiently emit photons at high temperatures to TPV cells for conversion to electric power. Because many candidate radiator materials with adequate structural properties display low emissivity, coatings or other surface modifications are...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
United States. Department of Energy ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
1999.
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| Summary: | One requirement of a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) radiator is to efficiently emit photons at high temperatures to TPV cells for conversion to electric power. Because many candidate radiator materials with adequate structural properties display low emissivity, coatings or other surface modifications are required for enhancement of emissivity. Six plasma sprayed coatings and one textured surface demonstrated adequate thermal stability and emittance values of 0.8 or greater. Promising attributes of modified surfaces are identified. |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 03/01/1999. "b-t-3238" International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA (US), 04/12/1999--04/15/1999. Cockeram, B.V.; Measures, D.P.; Mueller, A.J. Bettis Atomic Power Lab., West Mifflin, PA (US) |
| Physical Description: | 18 pages : digital, PDF file. |