Thermionics Quo Vadis?

Thermionics Quo Vadis?

An Assessment of the DTRA's Advanced Thermionics Research and Development Program

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309082822
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309509657
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309170192
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2001
  • Month: December
  • Pages: 85
  • Language: English

This report evaluates the Defense Threat Reduction Agency prior and present sponsored efforts; assess the present state of the art in thermionic energy conversion systems; assess the technical challenges to the development of viable thermionic energy conversion systems for both space and terrestrial applications; and recommend a prioritized set of objectives for a future research and development program for advanced thermionic systems for space and terrestrial applications.

  • Front Matter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Tables, Figures, and Boxes
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Conclusions Regarding the Current DTRA Program
  • 3 Overview of the Technology
  • 4 Solar Thermionics
  • 5 Nuclear Thermionics
  • 6 Terrestrial Applications
  • 7 Assessment of Progress
  • Appendix A Statement of Task
  • Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
  • Appendix C Electric Propulsion Considerations
  • Appendix D Acronyms

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