Space vehicle missile power supplies Annotated bibliography
Annotated bibliography on batteries, fuel cells, thermionics, thermoelectrics, nuclear energy sources, and other direct energy conversion concepts adaptable to space vehicles
Benton, M.↗
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Thermal energy storage/converter prototype design, fabrication and testing Final report
Thermal energy storage container integration with thermionic converter
Gunther, B.↗
Collisionless cylindrical diode
Current-voltage characteristics of collisionless cylindrical diode with thermionically emitted electrons
Goldstein, C. M.↗
Gamma flux and heat deposition in Plum Brook reactor - Comparison of calculation and experiment
Point-kernel computation and experimental measurements of gamma heating effects during thermionic diode irradiation
Bacigalupi, R. J.↗
Design and development of a thermo-ionic electric thrustor Final report, 30 Apr. 1964 - 11 Jan. 1966
Design and development of thermionic electric thrustor
Ducati, A. C.↗
A high temperature, electrically insulating cermet seal having high strength and thermal conductance.
High temperature cermet seal for research thermionic diode, discussing resistivity, structural integrity, thermal shock resistance, tensile strengths and thermal conductance
Breitwieser, R.↗
Kinetics of oxide film growth on metal crystals - Thermal electron emission and ionic diffusion.
Thermal oxidation kinetics of oxide film growth on metal crystals, considering ion diffusion and thermionic electron emission
Cook, E. L.↗
Recent experimental results on electronegative additives.
Cs thermionic converter oxygen and Cs sources related to performance, discussing controlled formation and injection from Cs oxides
Fraim, F.↗
Advanced converter development.
Thermal and performance analysis for thermionic converters with rhenium and palladium collectors, noting emitter-temperature errors
Brosens, P. J.↗
Experimental measurements of the work functions and desorption energies of the systems O-W, O-Mo, O-Re, O-Ta, and Cs-O-Ta.
Thermionic work functions and desorption energies for oxygen on polycrystalline W, Mo and Re filaments, discussing oxygen pressure and filament temperature
Fehrs, D. L.↗
A high-temperature, electrically insulating cermet seal having high strength and thermal conductance.
High temperature insulating cermet seal for thermionic diodes noting high shock resistance and thermal conductance
Breitwieser, R.↗
Plane collisionless sheaths between field- modified emitting electrodes and thermally ionized plasmas exemplified by cesium.
Plane collisionless sheath effects between field modified emitting electrodes and thermally ionized plasmas and thermionic diode configurations
Morris, J. F.↗
When to give a design a second look - A philosophy of reexamination.
Reexamination of jet engine, heat pipes, thermionic diode, Rankine cycle space power systems, discussing redesign possibilities
Evvard, J. C.↗
Materials research problems in the direct conversion of thermal radiative and chemical energy into electricity.
Materials limitations and problems for direct energy conversion methods of thermoelectricity, solar cells, thermionics and fuel cells
Wald, F.↗
Calorimetric, optical, and vibration investigations of stretch-formed aluminum solar concentrators
Calorimetric, optical, and vibration investigation of stretch-formed aluminum solar concentrators for thermionic converters
Rhodes, M. D.↗
Propulsion Division
Ballistic launchers, polymer materials for space applications, heat transfer studies of ionized gases, thermionic diode kinetics, liquid metal mhd power conversion, and liquid propulsion
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Materials engineering
Thermal diffusivity, energy storage devices, thermoelectricity in graphite alloys, superconductivity in tungsten films, and thermionic converter
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Analytical and experimental studies of MHD generator cathodes emitting in a ''spot'' mode
Physical model for behavior of thermionic arc spots on MHD generator cathode
Mantenieks, M. A.↗