Calculation of the Performance of a High-Vacuum Thermionic Energy Converter
- 1 April 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 30 (4), 488-492
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1702393
Abstract
The performance of a high‐vacuum thermionic energy converter has been evaluated from Langmuir's 1923 paper on the thermionic diode. The results are presented in the form of a generalized set of curves which show output voltage as a function of current drawn from the device. These general curves have then been applied to a few specific cases to determine what cathode‐anode spacings, and cathode and anode properties will be required to produce a practical energy converter.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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