EP0243149A3 - Apparatus for direct conversion of radioactive decay energy to electrical energy - Google Patents

Apparatus for direct conversion of radioactive decay energy to electrical energy Download PDF

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EP0243149A3
EP0243149A3 EP87303505A EP87303505A EP0243149A3 EP 0243149 A3 EP0243149 A3 EP 0243149A3 EP 87303505 A EP87303505 A EP 87303505A EP 87303505 A EP87303505 A EP 87303505A EP 0243149 A3 EP0243149 A3 EP 0243149A3
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radioactive
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radioactive decay
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Paul M. Brown
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NUCELL Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21H—OBTAINING ENERGY FROM RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; APPLICATIONS OF RADIATION FROM RADIOACTIVE SOURCES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; UTILISING COSMIC RADIATION
    • G21H1/00—Arrangements for obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources, e.g. from radioactive isotopes, nuclear or atomic batteries
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21H—OBTAINING ENERGY FROM RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; APPLICATIONS OF RADIATION FROM RADIOACTIVE SOURCES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; UTILISING COSMIC RADIATION
    • G21H1/00—Arrangements for obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources, e.g. from radioactive isotopes, nuclear or atomic batteries
    • G21H1/04—Cells using secondary emission induced by alpha radiation, beta radiation, or gamma radiation

Abstract

A nuclear battery in which the energy imparted to radioactive decay products during the spontaneous disintegrations of radioactive material is utilized to sustain and amplify the oscillations in a high-Q LC tank circuit is provided. The circuit inductance comprises a coil wound on a core composed of radioactive nuclides connected in series with the primary winding of a power transformer. The core is fabricated from a mixture of three radioactive materials which decay primarily by alpha emission and provides a greater flux of radioactive decay products than the equivalent amount of a single radioactive nuclide.
EP87303505A 1986-04-23 1987-04-22 Apparatus for direct conversion of radioactive decay energy to electrical energy Withdrawn EP0243149A3 (en)

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US85560786A 1986-04-23 1986-04-23
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EP0243149A3 true EP0243149A3 (en) 1988-10-26

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US2748339A (en) * 1951-08-17 1956-05-29 Rudenberg Reinhold Charged particle a. c. generator
US3409820A (en) * 1964-07-10 1968-11-05 James O. Burke Electric power apparatus
US4489269A (en) * 1982-12-01 1984-12-18 Edling Ellsworth A Atomic battery with beam switching

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CN1010901B (en) 1990-12-19
NO871281L (en) 1987-10-26
EP0243149A2 (en) 1987-10-28
IL82058A (en) 1991-03-10
NO871281D0 (en) 1987-03-26
JPS62257100A (en) 1987-11-09
AU7171987A (en) 1987-10-29
CN87103077A (en) 1987-11-04
CA1258925A (en) 1989-08-29
AU597644B2 (en) 1990-06-07

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