Vous êtes sur la page 1sur 20

NUCLEAR

BATTERIES
SHEFFIN M B
ROLL NO: 46
S8
ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRONICS ENGG
GOVT ENGINEERING COLLEGE
IDUKKI
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
CLASSIFICATION
BETAVOLTAICS
DIRECT CHARGING GENERATORS
OPTOELECTRIC NUCLEAR BATTERY
CANTILEVER NUCLEAR BATTERY
ADVANTAGES
APPLICATIONS
RECENT ADVANCEMENTS
REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
 NUCLEAR BATTERIES CONVERT THE
ENERGY OF PARTICLES EMITTED FROM
ATOMIC NUCLEI TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
 UTILISES NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
 POWER SUPPLIES IN THE INTERMEDIATE
POWER RANGE
 LONG LIFE SPAN
 CLEAN , SAFE AND ENDLESS ENERGY
 PROMISING TECHNOLOGY
HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENTS
IDEA INTRODUCED BY TRACER LAB IN 1950
THERMO-ELECTRIC GENERATORS UTILISING
KINETIC ENERGY OF PARTICLES
PAUL BROWN’S NUCLEAR BATTERY
METHOD TO HARNESS MAGNETIC ENERGY
EMITTED BY ALPHA AND BETA PARTICLES
CLASSIFICATION
THERMOELECTRIC NUCLEAR
BATTERY
BETAVOLTAICS
DIRECT CHARGING GENERATORS
OPTOELECTRIC NUCLEAR BATTERY
CATILEVER NUCLEAR BATTERY
BETAVOLTAICS
USES ENERGY FROM BETA PARTICLES
A SILICON WAFER IS USED TO CAPTURE BETA
PARTICLES
RADIATION ABSORBED IN THE VICINITY OF PN
JUNCTION CREATES ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS
BETAVOLTAICS
DIRECT CHARGING
GENERATORS

ENERGY RELEASED DURING RADIOACTIVE DECAY


IS UTILISED IN SUSTAINING OSCILLATIONS IN A
HIGH-Q LC TANK CIRCUIT
DIRECT CHARGING
GENERATORS
OPTOELECTRIC NUCLEAR
BATTERY

SCINTILLATOR PHOTOCELL TYPE: ENERGY OF


BETA PARTICLES IS CONVERTED INTO LIGHT
ENERGY BY PHOSPHER AND Pm2O3
MIXTURE.LIGHT ENERGY IS THEN
CONVERTED INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
EXCIMER NUCLEAR BATTERY: A BETA EMITTER

IS SUSPENDED IN A GAS OF EXCIMER


TYPE.THE EXCIMER LINE IS SELECTED FOR
RADIOACTIVITY INTO A SURROUNDING
PHOTOVOLTAIC LAYER
CANTILEVER NUCLEAR
BATTERY
CANTILEVER NUCLEAR
BATTERY
BETA PARTICLES FLY FROM THE SOURCE AND
ACCUMULATE ON THE COPPER SHEET. THE
SHEET GETS NEGATIVELY CHARGED
ELECTROSTATIC FORCE OF ATTRACTION

BETWEEN THE SHEET AND SOURCE BENDS


THE SILICON CANTILEVER
WHEN THE SHEET TOUCHES THE RADIOACTIVE

SOURCE THE ELECTRONS FLOW BACK TO IT


AND THE ATTRACTIVE FORCE CEASES.THE
CANTILEVER BENDS BACK
THIS OSCILLATORY MOTION IS USED TO

GENERATE ELECTRICITY
FUEL CONSIDERATIONS
AVOIDAL OF GAMMA IN THE DECAY CHAIN
HALF LIFE

WATCH OUT FOR (ALPHA N) REACTIONS

PARTICLE RANGE
ADVANTAGES
LONG LIFE
LIGHT

SMALL SIZE

HIGH ENERGY DENSITY


APPLICATIONS
SPACE APPLICATIONS
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

MOBILE DEVICES

AUTOMOBILES

MILITARY APPLICATIONS

UNDERWATER PROBES AND SEA SENSORS


RECENT ADVANCEMENTS
 AMERICIUM NUCLEAR BATTERIES

RECENT ADVANCEMENTS
AMERICIUM NUCLEAR BATTERY
 DEVELOPED BY THE SCIENTISTS AT BEN
GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV IN
ISRAEL UNDER PROF. YIGAL RONEN
 ENERGY PRODUCED BY NUCLEAR FISSION
OF Am242
HYPERION NUCLEAR BATTERIES

 DEVELOPED BY HYPERION POWER


GENERATION
 GENERATE ELECTRICITY FOR 25000 HOMES
FOR ATLEAST 5YEARS
NANO NUCLEAR BATTERIES

TINY NUCLEAR BATTERIES


RECENT ADVANCEMENTS
REFERENCES
MCGRAW-HILL ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY,10TH EDITION,VOLUME
12,P:99-101
www.wikipaedia.com/atomicbattery

www.physorg.com

www.sciencedaily.com/nukebattery

www.tfot.com

“MU RESERCHERS DEVELOP PENNY SIZED

NUCLEAR BATTERY WITH LIQUID


SEMICONDUCTOR” , FLORIN PANAITESCU,
SOFTPAEDIA,12/08/2009
“AMERICIUM NUCLEAR BATTERY FOR SPACE

APPLICATIONS: EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN”BEN


GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE

Vous aimerez peut-être aussi