TFE design package final report, TFE Verification Program

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10176875· OSTI ID:10176875

The program objective is to demonstrate the technology readiness of a TFE suitable for use as the basic element in a thermionic reactor with electric power output in the 0.5 to 5.0 MW(e) range, and a full-power life of 7 years. A TFE for a megawatt class system is described. Only six cells are considered for simplicity; a megawatt class TFE would have many more cells, the exact number dependent on optimization trade studies.

• Research Organization: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-86SF16298
• OSTI ID: 10176875
• Report Number(s): GA-A-21597; ON: DE94017558; BR: 400403000/400403105; TRN: 94:018810
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jun 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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