Time-dependent BASE performance and power degradation in AMTEC
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, vol.93, pp.41-49, 2001 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 93
- Publication Date: 2001
- Doi Number: 10.1016/s0378-7753(00)00537-1
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.41-49
- Keywords: power degradation, BASE, electrode current density
- Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
During extended testing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Air Force Research Laboratory, it has been found that maximum power output of the PX-3A AMTEC cell decreases with time. Starting with a peak maximum power output of 2.45 W it decreases almost continuously to 1.27 W at the end of 18 000 h. In this paper, the factors contributing to this power loss have been investigated.