Potential Usage of Thermoelectric Generators in Thermal Protection System for Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV)
- Paper number
IAC-11,C2,5,11,x10281
- Author
Mr. Siwei Dong, College of Aerospace and Materials Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, China
- Coauthor
Prof. Weihua Zhang, National University of Defense Technology, China
- Coauthor
Prof. Zhongwei Wang, College of Aerospace and Materials Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, China
- Year
2011
- Abstract
Traditional TPS only aims to reduce the aerodynamic heat which, however, can be used through energy direct conversion by employing thermoelectric generators (TEGs) embedded in TPS to produce electric power. The purpose of this research was to explore the possibility of the usage of thermoelectric materials in the thermal protection system for reusable launch vehicles, in which way TPS and power supply system can be integrated. However, there are some bottlenecks need to be solved, which will be discussed further and some approaches will also be proposed accordingly.
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