NASA NTRS · 19760016603
NASA thermionic-conversion program
Abstract
Current out-of-core emphases allow converter material and design freedoms previously prohibited by in-core nucleonic and geometric restrictions. As a result, potential improvements indicate possibilities for severalfold increases in efficiencies. The new TEC-ART program concentrated initially on low-work function collectors and interelectrode-loss reduction and revealed much in a short time. This new emission capability coupled with improved collectors that maintain performance with emitter-vapor deposit accumulations are requisites for efficient, enduring thermionic converters.
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Morris, J. F., Lundholm, J. G.. 1976-01-01. NASA thermionic-conversion program. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19760016603
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