Experimental Research on Heat Transfer and Thermoelectric Characteristics of Small Nuclear Power Supply Facilities

Aiming at the shorthand of unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) with poor endurance, combining with the technology of heat pipe reactor with silent thermoelectric conversion, a non-nuclear electric heating experiment platform is established to conduct the start -up experiment. Experiment results show that, the experimental start-up process is smooth, the isothermality is good after the start-up. The thermoelectric performance of the thermoelectric generator is good, with the efficiency of 6.8%. As the first electric heating experiment platform based on thermoelectric power generation and high temperature heat pipe heat transfer, the experimental data could provide a reference for the further design and application of the silent thermoelectric heat pipe reactor.