Thermionic Converter Temperature Controller

Patent Application · Mon Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:784468

Shaner, B J; Wolf, Joseph H; Johnson, Robert G. R.

A method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of a thermionic reactor over a wide range of operating power, including a thermionic reactor having a plurality of integral cesium reservoirs, a honeycomb material disposed about the reactor which has a plurality of separated cavities, a solid sheath disposed about the honeycomb material and having an opening therein communicating with the honeycomb material and cavities thereof, and a shell disposed about the sheath for creating a coolant annulus therewith so that the coolant in the annulus may fill the cavities and permit nucleate boiling during the operation of the reactor.

• Research Organization: Bettis Atomic Power Lab., West Mifflin, PA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC11-93PN38195
• Assignee: DOEGC; EDB-01:093938
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A9382203
• Application Number: 9-382,203; TRN: AH200133%%331
• OSTI ID: 784468
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1999 Aug 23; Other Information: PBD: 23 Aug 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DESIGN
CAVITIES
CESIUM
COOLANTS
NUCLEATE BOILING
THERMIONIC REACTORS
ANNULAR SPACE
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