{"title":"Comparison of Peltier-Seebeck and Nernst-Ettingshausen energy converters in intermediate magnetic fields","authors":"H.J. Goldsmid, C.B. Thomas","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90004-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90004-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Peltier-Seebeck and Nernst-Ettingshausen figures of merit have been calculated for a simple isotropic two-band model at intermediate magnetic field strengths. The results suggest that Peltier-Seebeck devices are likely to be more effective than Nernst-Ettingshausen devices. Furthermore, it appears that Peltier-Seebeck couples for use in a magnetic field may, with advantage, be composed solely of <em>n</em>-type materials. The active branch of each couple would then be lightly doped while the passive branch would be heavily doped. Criteria for the choice of materials are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"7 1","pages":"Pages 33-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(67)90004-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90238922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contents and author index","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90018-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0365-1789(67)90018-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"7 ","pages":"Pages iii-iv"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(67)90018-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137289056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermoelectric theory of a plasma diode","authors":"V.C. Boffi , V.G. Molinari , D.E. Parks","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90002-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90002-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The steady-state one-dimensional equations which govern the potential and temperature distributions in a plasma diode which operates in diffusion state are solved in closed form as function of a parameter, which is related by simple quadrature to the actual distance from one of the electrodes. From this solution it is possible to study in detail the electrical and thermal conduction problems and to construct the voltage-current characteristics of the diode.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"7 1","pages":"Pages 1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(67)90002-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78992168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Germanium-silicon, lead telluride, and bismuth telluride alloy solar thermoelectric generators for venus and mercury probes","authors":"N. Fuschillo, R. Gibson","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90005-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90005-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The design, theory, and fabrication of Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub> alloy solar thermoelectric flat plate generators for near-Earth orbit missions has been previously described. [1] This present paper considers the feasibility of extending its application to auxiliary power systems for exploratory missions towards the Sun for the incident solar radiation fluxes from 130 to 1000 W/ft<sup>2</sup>. The principal potential advantages of flat plate solar generator technology for these high solar fluxes are increased power-per-unit area, increased power-per-unit weight, increased power-per-unit cost and increased radiation resistance. Design equations and comoputational techniques are discussed which allow approximate solution for the generator output power as a function of distance from launch. Commercially available Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub> alloy, PbTe, and SiGe alloy materials are considered separately though combined systems may offer a greater flexibility of power design for any particular mission.</p><p>With state-of-the-art thermoelectric materials and emissive coating technology and for the worst case of equal absorber and radiator plate areas, the principal results of these calculations are as follows: For near Mercury and Venus orbits, PbTe has a higher W/ft<sup>2</sup> (21 W/ft<sup>2</sup>) than GeSi or Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub> alloy; but GeSi alloy has a higher W/lb of thermoelectric material (1000 W/lb).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"7 1","pages":"Pages 43-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(67)90005-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91455848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the diffusion theory of an ignited mode thermionic converter","authors":"David Tai-ko Shaw","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90003-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90003-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The plasma electron density and potential distributions are calculated for a planar, one-dimensional thermionic converter operated in the ignited mode. The analysis assumed a breakdown of quasineutrality and uses a new method to solve the Poisson's equation explicitly.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"7 1","pages":"Pages 23-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(67)90003-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53775103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrical equivalent circuits of D.C. MHD generators","authors":"Z.N. Celisńki","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90007-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90007-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the paper the equivalent circuits of generators with the segmented electrodes electrically connected in various ways are determined (generators with the electrodes connected in series, with Halland Faraday-connected electrodes). Constant gas dynamic parameters, constant generator cross-section, constant magnetic field and uniformity of current density and electric field are assumed. Electrode effects, end effects and “ion slip” are neglected.</p><p>From the equivalent circuits the electrical terminal values of the generator as a function of the geometric dimensions of the generator, the Hall parameter and the connexions system of electrodes can easily be determined.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"7 1","pages":"Pages 67-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(67)90007-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78919492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contribution a l'analyse du fonctionnement d'un refrigerateur thermoelectrique alimente par une pile thermoelectrique","authors":"Abdou Moumouni","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90006-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0365-1789(67)90006-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The use of a thermoelectric generator for supplying power to a Peltier cooling device corresponds to an attractive idea, the interest of which appears to be justified theoretically and practically, particularly by the possibility of getting “calories out” from available heat—“calories in”—of whatever origin, and by a better adjustment of the technical characteristics of this type of generator to the considered use. The corresponding scheme is examined from the point of view of different working regimes, effciency or coefficient of performance, optimal operating conditions, both for the two “arms” of the scheme—consisting of two thermoelectric piles acting respectively as a power supply and as a heat pump—and for the system as a whole. The practicability of the optimal operating conditions is discussed and the magnitudes of global efficiency are obtained on the basis of current values for the figure of merit of presently available thermoelectric semiconductors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"7 1","pages":"Pages 53-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1967-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(67)90006-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75552693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrical parameters of the d.c. MHD generator with arbitrary connected electrodes","authors":"Z.N. Celinski","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(66)90017-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0365-1789(66)90017-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the paper the general connexion system of the electrodes in the MHD generator is defined, the special cases of which are the well-known generator types. Electrical parameters of this generator type were calculated using the complex plane. Constant gasdynamic parameters and constant channel cross-section were assumed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 223-231"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1966-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(66)90017-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79211551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The history, design, fabrication and performance of CdS thin film solar cells","authors":"Fred A. Shirland","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(66)90016-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0365-1789(66)90016-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The history of the thin film CdS solar cell is traced from its first reduction to practice in 1955 to the present. The major factors which contributed to the evolution of the present 4–8% large area light weight cell are discussed. Various possible constructions of CdS thin film solar cells are described along with the advantages and disadvantages of each. A brief outline is given of the steps in fabricating the present design high efficiency cell, along with the more important process parameters. The operating characteristics of the best present state-of-the-art cells are presented in detail including the effect of light intensity and temperature on the voltage, current and power output, the spectral responses, and the factors affecting cell stability. There is a brief discussion of the possibilities for further improvements in these cells, and a listing of some of their probable applications in space and on earth.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 201-202, IN1-IN3, 203-221"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1966-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(66)90016-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77166820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Étude des électrodes à champ non uniforme par définition en régime stationnaire et transitoire de circuits représantatifs","authors":"M. Bonnemay, G. Bronoël, E. Levart, A.A. Pilla","doi":"10.1016/0365-1789(66)90014-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0365-1789(66)90014-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A method for investigating non uniform field electrodes is proposed, using both steady state and transient measurements. The local current, at a given point of the electrode, is supposed to be a function only of interfacial process kinetics and of transport possibilities of charges and active species at this point. Determination of species fluxes having been obtained through rheolectric analogy, it is then possible to design a circuit simulating the electrode in the steady state. Validity of such a circuit may be evaluated by adding capacitive terms. The transient behaviour of the equivalent circuit so obtained may be compared with that of the porous electrode under study. As an example, this method has been applied to a porous gas electrode, characteristic parameters of which have been determined.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100032,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Energy Conversion","volume":"6 4","pages":"Pages 183-194"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1966-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0365-1789(66)90014-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90752509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}