Published 2000 | Version v1
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Cycle analysis of an alkali metal thermo-electric converter for small capillary type

Creators

  • 1. Busan National Univ., Busan (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, Shizuoka (Korea, Republic of)

Description

This paper describes the design of a small size Alkali Metal Thermal to Electric Converter (AMTEC) which employs a capillary structure for recirculating sodium working fluid. The cycle is based on the simple and small capillary type β-alumina and wick tube element. The proposed cell consists of the 37 conversion elements with capillary tube of 50μm in diameter and the sealed cylindrical vessel of 22mm in outer diameter. Results on the cycle analysis of sodium flow and heat transfer in the cell showed that the expected power output was 4.65 W and the conversion efficiency was 19% for the source temperature of 900 K

Part of:
Proceedings of the KSME 2000 spring annual meeting B

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
KSME
Imprint Place
Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the KSME 2000 spring annual meeting B
Imprint Pagination
978 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 956-961

Conference

Title
KSME 2000 spring annual meeting B
Dates
20-22 Apr 2000
Place
Ulsan (Korea, Republic of)

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
36036300
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING; S30: DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ALKALI METALS; CAPILLARY FLOW; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT TRANSFER; SODIUM; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION; TUBES
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METALS; CONVERSION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTROLYTES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID FLOW; METALS

Optional Information

Notes
9 refs, 7 figs