Correlation of fixed-spacing thermionic converter performance with variable-spacing test vehicle data.
Performance prediction for planar and cylindrical electrode geometry fixed spacing thermionic converters
Merrill, O. S.↗
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Fixed-space planar thermionic diode with collector guard ring.
Fixed space planar thermionic diode with collector guard ring for studying various emitter materials, measuring emitter temperatures
Speidel, T. O.↗
A comparison of the performance of two rhenium, niobium cylindrical thermionic converters.
Comparative performance of niobium cylindrical thermionic converters with vapor deposited rhenium, stressing emitters surface preparation
Kascak, T. J.↗
The performance of a rhenium, niobium cylindrical thermionic converter.
Cylindrical thermionic converter with vapor deposited rhenium emitter and niobium collector, measuring efficiency and power density
Kascak, T. J.↗
Large cylindrical thermionic diode with rhenium emitter for diode kinetic experiments.
Cylindrical thermionic diode with rhenium emitter for diode kinetic experiments, presenting test data from prototype diode with thimble water cooled
Peelgren, M.↗
Performance of chloride and fluoride vapor- deposited tungsten emitters in thermionic converters.
Thermionic converters with chloride and fluoride vapor deposited tungsten emitters, comparing performance characteristics and stability
Wang, C.-C.↗
Side-wall currents in unignited hardware-type thermionic energy converters.
Side wall currents in unignited hardware type thermionic energy converters, discussing work function and heat choke
Shimada, K.↗
Metallography of thermionic converters.
Thermionic converter metallography relationship between materials and fabrication methods and reliable performance life
Rouklove, P.↗
Electron cooling and plasma heating of thermionic converters.
Semiempirical relation for electron cooling modified by plasma heating of thermionic converters, including effects of plasma density, diode spacing and surface potential difference
Breitwieser, R.↗
Theory of gas breakdown in hot cracks with application to thermionic trilayer insulation.
Gas breakdown model for analyzing breakdown of Ce vapor filled crack in thermionic trilayer insulator
Kniazzeh, A.↗
Summary of applied research program in thermionic conversion during recent years.
Thermionic converter improvements by electronegative additives and emitter surface finishes, noting cesium oxide, heat treatments with electropolishing, electroetching, etc
Lieb, D.↗
Thermionic converter technology.
Reliability and efficiency improvements for thermionic converters at JPL, giving failures analyses
Rouklove, P.↗
Multimegawatt thermionic reactor systems for space applications.
Thermionic reactor systems, discussing hybrid nuclear rocket/nuclear electric Mars mission, design features, performance and electric power characteristics
Hill, P. R.↗
Uninsulated in-core thermionic diode concept.
Uninsulated in-core thermionic reactor design permitting diode series connections to build output voltage
Davis, J. P.↗
Stability and control considerations for thermionic reactors.
In-core thermionic reactor space power plants stability and control criteria, comparing linear and nonlinear models
Davis, J. P.↗
Long term operations of in-pile and out-of-pile thermionic converters.
Cylindrical geometry in-pile and out-of-pile thermionic converters long term life tests, including unfueled and fueled versions
Holland, J. W.↗
Pre-ignition and ignition characteristics of cesium thermionic diodes.
Preignition volt-ampere curves for thermionic cesium diodes exhibiting nonsaturation characteristics under low temperature and electron-rich emission conditions
Shimada, K.↗
A Design Study for a Thermionic Reactor Power System for a Nuclear Electric Propelled Unmanned Spacecraft Quarterly Progress Report, 4 Feb. - 5 May 1969
Design of thermionic reactor power systems for nuclear electric propelled unmanned spacecraft
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