Radiation coupling of heat from heat-source cylinder to converter cylinder through vacuum gap eliminates need for high-temperature electrical insulators between reactor heat pipes and thermionic converters. In addition no radiatior heat pipe is necessary because collectors of thermionic converters from which excess heat must be removed radiate directly to space. New design concept is also applicable to terrestrial and non-nuclear thermionic power supplies.


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    Title :

    Simplified Heat-Source/Thermionic Converter


    Contributors:
    Shimada, K. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1983-03-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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