Model of energy storage circuit for isotope battery based on SiC Schottky diode / Robert Schmid, Yves Ngu, and Marc Litz.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Schmid, Robert, author.

Ngu, Yves, author.

Litz, Marc, author.

Contributor:

U.S. Army Research Laboratory, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear batteries--Design and construction.

Nuclear batteries.

Storage batteries--Design and construction.

Storage batteries.

Diodes, Schottky-barrier.

Silicon carbide--Electric properties.

Silicon carbide.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 12 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Adelphi, MD : Army Research Laboratory, May 2007.

Summary:

This study analyzes how to efficiently create a storage circuit to charge a capacitor with a radioisotope power converter. Variables analyzed include capacitance and frequency of pulse/discharge. Virtual Test Bed was used to display the transient effects of the charging circuit. MATLAB was used to explore the efficiency of circuits. Results indicate efficient circuits need a capacitance that correlates to the number of times the capacitor is discharged in a day.

Notes:

"May 2007."

"ARL-MR-0666."

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (ARL, viewed November 4, 2019).

OCLC:

227937757