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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Aai Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Inventors:
Rodney B. Beach, Littleton, CO (US);
Robert J. Neugebauer, Shrewsbury, PA (US);
Assignee:
AAI Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21H 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21H 1/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique that uses a thermoelectric generator for generating electrical power employs a safe, initially dormant, stable, non-radioactive fuel sample which is activated on-demand by a neutron source to initiate and control activation of the fuel sample. The technique allows thermoelectric generators to be fully assembled and stored for extended periods of time before they are deployed for use, and then activated on demand only when the need arises for them to generate power.