Energy Conversion Lightning Talks

Binder Jet Additive Manufacturing of Silicon Germanium Thermoelectric Materials

1:00–1:06PM EDT

Luke Hansen (University of Tennessee Knoxville), David T. Hoelzer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Trevor Aguirre (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Hsin Wang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Bradley R. Johnson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL))

A Model-Based Engineering Toolbox for Thermoelectric Design in Radioisotope Power Generation

1:06–1:12PM EDT

Aniruddha Ray (RGS Development)

Three Processing Methods to Produce SiGe for Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTG)

1:12–1:18PM EDT

Hsin Wang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Validation Effort and Sensitivity Study for a Skutterudite Thermoelectric Device

1:18–1:24PM EDT

Trevor Parker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Bradley R. Johnson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Hsin Wang, Nolan Goth, Hugo Bouteiller (ORNL)

Technology Readiness Assessment for Stirling Power Convertor

1:24–1:30PM EDT

Young H. Lee (NASA JPL), Allen Guzik (NASA GRC), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Vladimir Jovovic, ashitey trebi-ollennu (JPL), john elliott (JPL), geffrey ottman (APL), Joseph Giglio (Idaho National Laboratory), wasam gazi (GSFC), scott wilson (GRC), ed lewandowski (GSFC), stephen Izon (APL)

Compression Testing of SiGe Thermoelectric Generators for Conductive Applications

1:30–1:36PM EDT

Spencer G. Schaiper (University of Dayton Research Institute), Samuel Mohler (University of Dayton), Antoine Gagne (University of Dayton), Boyd A. Tolson (University of Dayton Research Institute), Zachary Adamson (Air Force Research Laboratory), Rydge Mulford (University of Dayton)

A Test of Record: SiGe 18 Couple Module Test Fixture

1:36–1:42PM EDT

Gregory Mulderink (Teledyne Energy Systems), Jeffrey Kutsch (Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc), Lynda Renomeron (Teledyne Energy Systems)

Manufacturing Challenges in Re-Establishing NextGen SiGe Unicouple Production – Tooling

1:42–1:48PM EDT

Jeffrey Kutsch (Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc), Gregory Mulderink (Teledyne Energy Systems), Lynda Renomeron (Teledyne Energy Systems)

Multilayered Metal Insulation (MLMI) Manufacturing for Radioisotope Power System Designs

1:48–1:54PM EDT

Timothy D. Hall (Faraday Technology Inc.), Sean Torrez (PSI Inc), Alexander Mednick (PSI Inc)