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Applications of TPV Generators

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TPV systems can be classified, by the kind of reaction of the heat source, which is either a chemical reaction (rearrangement of the outer electrons of the atoms) or a nuclear reaction (rearrangement of the nucleus of the atoms). Nuclear reactions are of fusion or fission type. This classification results in three major TPV heat sources which are the combustion of fuels (usually hydrocarbons), solar heat and nuclear sources ( not considered here further, because effective exploitation seems to be decades in the future.

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