Edward Hodgson - NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts
Edward Hodgson - NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts
Edward Hodgson - NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts
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Energy Harvesting<br />
Power<br />
(watts)<br />
Ideal Power Recovery Potential From Metabolic Waste Heat<br />
With Radiation To Various Heat Sinks<br />
140<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
28<br />
Tsink (K)<br />
89<br />
167<br />
194<br />
469<br />
352<br />
222 234<br />
117<br />
Met. Rate<br />
(Watts)<br />
Power<br />
(Watts)<br />
120-140<br />
100-120<br />
80-100<br />
60-80<br />
40-60<br />
20-40<br />
0-20<br />
• Incident Sunlight<br />
– Increased solar cell<br />
efficiency<br />
– Thin, flexible solar arrays<br />
• Waste Metabolic Heat<br />
– Lower radiating<br />
temperatures<br />
– Thermoelectric heat pumps<br />
• Reduce battery size<br />
• Local storage eliminates<br />
need <strong>for</strong> power<br />
distribution<br />
Chameleon Suit, Ed <strong>Hodgson</strong> 12
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