The advanced Stirling radioisotope generator (ASRG) is a radioisotope power system first developed at NASA's Glenn Research Center. It uses a Stirling power...
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A Stirling radioisotope generator (SRG) is a type of radioisotope generator based on a Stirling engine powered by a large radioisotope heater unit. The...
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The multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) is a type of radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) developed for NASA space missions...
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Atomic battery (redirect from Radioisotope generator)
efficiency over current thermoelectric radioisotope generators. [citation needed] A Stirling radioisotope generator is a Stirling engine driven by the temperature...
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A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG), or radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses an array of thermocouples...
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viable for the automotive industry. Free-piston engine Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator Pohl, Sven-Erik (2007). Der Freikolbenlineargenerator -...
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Mars Geyser Hopper (category Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator)
The power technology that MGH proposed to use was the Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator (ASRG). NASA finished the ASRG design and made one test...
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AVIATR (category Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator)
design called for a 120 kg (260 lb) airplane powered by an advanced Stirling radioisotope generator that would have allowed it to fly uninterrupted for about...
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Kilopower (redirect from Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology)
successful demonstration. Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator Nuclear power in space Radioisotope thermoelectric generator RAPID-L Small modular reactor...
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DOE-designed radioactive heat source for radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) or Stirling radioisotope generators (SRG). It is meant for space applications...
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automotive thermoelectric generators (ATGs) to increase fuel efficiency. Radioisotope thermoelectric generators use radioisotopes to generate the required...
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Nuclear power in space (section Radioisotope systems)
in a Mössbauer spectrometer. The most common type is a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, which has been used on many space probes and on crewed...
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they return to the surface with the Orion spacecraft. Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator Mars Design Reference Mission NASA - Austere Human Missions...
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government labs have developed a modern Stirling engine design known as the Stirling radioisotope generator for use in space exploration. It is designed...
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Pseudo Stirling cycle Stirling engine Solar-powered Stirling engine Stirling radioisotope generator Robert Sier (1999). Hot air caloric and stirling engines...
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lander. The Comet Hopper was designed to use the ASRG, the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator. The Comet Hopper mission, if it were selected, would have...
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Titan Mare Explorer (category Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator)
the TiME lander would have been the test flight of the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG), which is a prototype meant to provide availability...
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be powered by solar panels and it would rely on the new Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG), which is a prototype meant to provide availability...
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Comet Hopper (category Advanced Stirling radioisotope generator)
Comet Hopper (CHopper) was a proposed lander to NASA's Discovery Program that, had it been selected, would have orbited and landed multiple times on Comet...
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research group within the Internet Research Task Force. Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator, a type of power system for spacecraft. This disambiguation...
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materials. Radioisotope thermoelectric generators, radioisotope heater units, radioisotope piezoelectric generators, and the radioisotope rocket all use...
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Nuclear safety in the United States Nuclear power in space Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Anti-nuclear movement...
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of the International Space Station. To provide 250 kW with Stirling radioisotope generators would require roughly 17 tonnes of plutonium-238 (for which...
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Instead, it was equipped with a General Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG). In October 1997, the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft was...
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submarine will be equipped with 840 W of: Isotope power systems Stirling radioisotope generator 2 eight-GPHS SRG (chosen as the baseline power system proving...
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scientific payload would be generated by three Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generators (ASRG). ASRG is a radioisotope power system under development at NASA's...
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cooling Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator Radioisotope heater units Tiwari, Pratibha; Gupta, Nishu; Gupta, K.M. (April 2013). "Advanced Thermoelectric...
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not be able to use solar panels, requiring instead four Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generators (ASRGs) to be developed by ESA. The propulsion system...
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mixture and used it to power a wheeled vehicle. 1816 – Robert Stirling invented Stirling engine, a type of hot air engine. 1824 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi...
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reprocessing under most circumstances) Possible fuels for radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) that are mostly decayed in spent fuel, that has significantly...
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