The use of the thermionic/alkali metal thermal to electric converter (AMTEC) cell has proven to be a promising candidate for space power applications. From a thermal viewpoint, the integration of thermionics and AMTEC energy conversion are ideal for cascaded power conversion because the thermionic heat rejection and AMTEC heat source temperatures are essentially the same. The mechanical approaches, thermal/electric matching criteria for the integration and solar thermal space power applications and parametric trends are presented to show the performance and cost potential that should be achievable with present-day technology.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Thermionic cascade converter concept for high-efficiency space power


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    5 Seiten, 3 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Thermionic Cascade Converter Concept for High-Efficiency Space Power

    Smith, Joe N. / Begg, Lester L. / Van Hagan, Thomas H. | SAE Technical Papers | 1999


    Thermionic Cascade Converter Concept for High-Efficiency Space Power

    Begg, L. L. / Van Hagan, T. H. / Smith, J. N. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999


    Thermionic/AMTEC cascade converter concept for high-efficiency space power

    Van Hagan, T.H. / Smith, J.N. / Schuller, M. | IEEE | 1997


    Design Analysis of Solar Thermionic/AMTEC Cascade Converter for Future Space Power Technology

    Eguchi, K. / Fujihara, T. / Hoshino, T. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996


    Efficiency optimization of a thermionic converter Array

    Kuo, Y.S. / Phillips, W.M. | Tema Archive | 1979