SBIR/STTR Research Award
THEMOPHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATOR EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT
Award amount
$74,500Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- QUANTUM GROUP, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PHASE I EFFORT IS TO PERFORM A FEASIBILITY/MODELING STUDY FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE (1700 TO 2200 DEGREES CENTIGRADE), COMBUSTION POWERED, HIGH EFFICIENCY THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRICAL GENERATOR. THE COMBINATION OF EXISTING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE TESTED AND BROUGHT TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THE HIGH EFFICIENCY GOAL. SUPEREMITTERS THAT CONCENTRATE RADIANT FLUX IN QUANTUM TRANSITIONS EMISSION PEAKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDY AND MEASUREMENT. NEW PHOTOVOLTAICS THAT MATCH THE SUPEREMITTER PEAKS WITH EFFICIENT PHOTON CONVERSION ARE BECOMING ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.
Technology keywords
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