PERFORMANCE OF CESIUM THERMIONIC DIODES OPERATED IN SERIES-PARALLEL CIRCUITS

Technical Report · Thu Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1963

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4726743· OSTI ID:4726743

Holland, J W

S>Electrical power degradation from the operation of many series- parallel circuited cesium diodes in a thermionic reactor must be considered when a norflattened nuclear power distribution exists over the volume of the reactor core. This experimert measures the loss of power and efficiency due to unequal heat inputs to series- or parallel-connected diodes, and studies the operating characteristics of a multiple-diode system. The results are applied to a specific thermionic reactor configuration with a ratio of maximum to minimum diode heat input of 1.85. The minimum degradation of power and efficiency was found to be 41 and 19%, respectively, at optimized operating conditions. (auth)

• Research Organization: Atomics International. Div. of North American Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park, Calif.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(11-1)-GEN-8
• NSA Number: NSA-17-011315
• OSTI ID: 4726743
• Report Number(s): NAA-SR-7661
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MEASURED VALUES
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
PHYSICS
POWER
REACTOR CORE
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VOLUME