Thread: How does a thermocouple have enough power to operate a gas valve?
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Default How does a thermocouple have enough power to operate a gas valve?
On 12/9/2018 12:29 PM, Max Demian wrote:
On 09/12/2018 16:40, Bruce Farquhar wrote:
A thermocouple produces enough to power a spacecraft?!?* Or just for
some small electronics?

They can generate up to a few hundred watts, ...

They _can_ generate as much as you have space and weight to be able to
package...

For extra-terrestrial use, the payload limits are the issue.


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