Close-spaced Knudsen`s mode thermionic converter
Conference
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OSTI ID:187908
- Research Inst. of SIA Lutch, Podolsk (Russian Federation)
It is demonstrated that the Knudsen`s mode of the thermionic converter (TIC) operation can be realized in a TIC with the interelectrode spacing 15{divided_by}30 {mu} and the emitter work function 5{divided_by}5.5 eV at the emitter temperature above 1800 K and cesium vapor pressure 0.5{divided_by}1 tor. With the use of reflective coating applied to the collector, efficiency of such TIC can achieve the level in excess of 30%.
- OSTI ID:
- 187908
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950729--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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