Radioisotopic battery for long-life, buried autonomous power

Walton, R. and Anthony, C. and Chapman, D. and Metje, N. and Ward, Michael (2013) Radioisotopic battery for long-life, buried autonomous power. In: 13th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, PowerMEMS 2013, 3 December 2013 through 6 December 2013, London; United Kingdom.

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Abstract

Indirect conversion radioisotopic batteries (ICRBs) are investigated for use as long-life power source for autonomous buried applications. As part of this work the optimum configuration of this class of battery has been experimentally investigated. An ICRB was buried at a depth of 90cm for two months during which time its voltage was monitored, with these results presented. The ICRB successfully demonstrated the buried operation of this class of battery and suggested that the power of the device halves at twice the half-life of the radioisotope used. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/476/1/012054
Dates:
DateEvent
2013Published
Uncontrolled Keywords: Optimum configurations, Power sources, Nanotechnology, Energy conversion
Subjects: CAH10 - engineering and technology > CAH10-01 - engineering > CAH10-01-09 - chemical, process and energy engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering
Depositing User: Hussen Farooq
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2016 12:37
Last Modified: 22 Mar 2023 12:11
URI: https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2567

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