Thermal Management and Conversion in RTGs

Development of Bespoke Dragonfly MMRTG Secondary Cooling Chillers

8:00–8:20AM EDT

Leah Sopko (NASA Glenn Research Center), Lauren Clayman (NASA Glenn Research Center), Timothy Erickson (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Dave Smith (Johns Hopkins APL)

Silicon Germanium Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: The Application of Customized Modules in a Novel System

8:20–8:40AM EDT

Kenton Sherick (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Aniruddha Ray (RGS Development BV), Roy Compas (RGS Development BV), Aravind Babu (RGS Development BV), Wim van Schaik (RGS Development BV), Boyd A. Tolson (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Maarten den Heijer (RGS Development BV), Chadwick D. Barklay (Univ. Dayton Research Institute)

>30,000 Hours Lifetime Testing of SiGe Unicouples Prepared with SPS Materials for GPHS-RTG

8:40–9:00AM EDT

Jonathan Pierce (Johns Hopkins APL), Richard Ung (Johns Hopkins APL), Jake Ballard (Johns Hopkins APL), Tim Holgate (Johns Hopkins APL), Rasdip Singh (Soal Technologies), Mousumi Mitra (Univ. Virginia), Scott Misture (Alfred Univ.), Joseph Poon (Univ. Virginia), Timothy Erickson (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Johns Hopkins APL)