Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Thin films of high temperature garnet materials such as yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) doped with rare earths are currently being investigated as selective emitters. This paper presents a radiative transfer analysis of the thin film emitter. From this analysis the emitter efficiency and power density are calculated. Results based on measured extinction coefficients for erbium-YAG and holmium-YAG are presented. These results indicated that emitter efficiencies of 50 percent and power densities of several watts/sq cm are attainable at moderate temperatures (less than 1750 K).
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
NASA-TM-106727
,
E-9097
,
NAS 1.15:106727
,
Conference on Thermophotovoltaic Generation of Electricity; Jul 24, 1994 - Jul 26, 1994; Copper Mountain, CO; United States
Format:
application/pdf