Thermal Management and Conversion in RTGs

Development of Bespoke Dragonfly MMRTG Secondary Cooling Chillers

8:00–8:20AM EDT

Leah Sopko (NASA GRC), Lauren Clayman (NASA John H. Glenn Research Center), Timothy A. Erickson (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab)

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

8:20–8:40AM EDT

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

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

8:40–9:00AM EDT

Jonathan Pierce (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab), Richard Ung (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), Jake Ballard (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), Tim C. Holgate (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab), Rasdip Singh (Soal Technologies), Mousumi Mitra (University of Virginia), Scott Misture (Alfred University), Joseph Poon (University of Virginia), Timothy A. Erickson (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab)