Development of Thermionic Energy Converter for Radioisotope Batteries (Final CRADA Report)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Research and development of new energy materials for thermionic power generation for both nuclear and nonnuclear applications. Research focused on novel nuclear power generation materials in the form of advanced nuclear thermionic converters as well as general development of non-nuclear based thermionic power generation systems. Experiments were conducted at the Van de Graaf accelerator facility at Argonne and at Atlas own facility. Proof-of-principle experiments at Van de Graaff accelerator demonstrated feasibility of the technology for direct heat to electricity conversion. Further development of thermionic converter is conducted at Atlas facility. Argonne designed the universal testing bench for testing of different materials/coating/surface modified cathodes for thermionic energy conversion.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- Contributing Organization:
- Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1608807
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/NSE--C2017-17112; 158960
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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