OUTPUT POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF THERMIONIC CONVERTER ARRAYS UNDER PARTIAL FAILURE CONDITIONS.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- California Univ., Livermore. Lawrence Radiation Lab.
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4403625
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-70282; CONF-670806-1
- NSA Number:
- NSA-21-029076
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: For Presentation at 2nd Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Miami Beach, Fla. UNCL. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-67
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- N32400* -Engineering-Energy Conversion; FAILURES; POWER; STATISTICS; THERMIONIC CELLS; THERMIONICS; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems
Citation Formats
Long, J.R. OUTPUT POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF THERMIONIC CONVERTER ARRAYS UNDER PARTIAL FAILURE CONDITIONS.. United States: N. p., 1967.
Web. doi:10.2172/4403625.
Long, J.R. OUTPUT POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF THERMIONIC CONVERTER ARRAYS UNDER PARTIAL FAILURE CONDITIONS.. United States. doi:10.2172/4403625.
Long, J.R. Sun .
"OUTPUT POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF THERMIONIC CONVERTER ARRAYS UNDER PARTIAL FAILURE CONDITIONS.". United States.
doi:10.2172/4403625. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/4403625.
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title = {OUTPUT POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF THERMIONIC CONVERTER ARRAYS UNDER PARTIAL FAILURE CONDITIONS.},
author = {Long, J.R.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1967},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1967}
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