The design, development and fabrication of a single-cell cylindrical inverted converter are presented. The converter is a coaxial system of two electrodes, in which the outer clad heats the emitter directly and a collector is set inside the emitter. The materials and design elements of a testable prototype are described. Different design versions of structural system components are considered. The results of preliminary tests of the main system components are presented.


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    Title :

    Development of a cylindrical inverted thermionic converter for solar power systems



    Conference:

    SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM - 2000 ; 2000 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 504 , 1 ; 1302-1306


    Publication date :

    2000-01-19


    Size :

    5 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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