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Not looking for perpetual motion only a compact solid state heat engine on par with others in effciency that would allow a small nuclear battery to work without
by SigmundA 5y ago
Not looking for perpetual motion only a compact solid state heat engine on par with others in effciency that would allow a small nuclear battery to work without the steam engine complexity issues.
The mars rover uses a RTG that puts out 2000 watts of heat and only 100 watts of electricity. Get it to 20% efficiency like solar panel and you're talking 400 watts, 40% like a steam engine would be 800 watts.