DOE/JPL Advanced Thermionic Technology Program. Progress report No. 37, December 1978-January 1979
Continuing research on thermionic converters is described. Topics include thermionic converter plasma studies, low-temperature converter development, component hardware development, and combustion-heated thermionic device. JPL tasks include basic surface experiments, triode converter experiments, design of cylindrical converter, and high-efficiency conversion experiments. Experimental results are reported. (WHK)
- Research Organization:
- Thermo Electron Corp., Waltham, MA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-02-3056
- OSTI ID:
- 5925270
- Report Number(s):
- COO-3056-37
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DATA FORMS
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FABRICATION
GRAPHS
INFORMATION
IRIDIUM
JOINING
LANTHANUM BORIDES
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
METALS
MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS
MOLYBDENUM OXIDES
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems
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OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLASMA
PLATINUM METALS
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
REFRACTORY METALS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TESTING
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