THERMOELECTRONIC HEAT-TO-ELECTRICITY CONVERTER Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: power supplies operating under ground and space conditions. SUBSTANCE: converter has cathode built up of successive sections of convex cylindrical surface, anode assembled of successive sections of concave cylindrical surface, screening plates at boundaries of sections of cylindrical surfaces, and magnetic- field shapers; magnetic field intensity is perpendicular to electrode surface; anode has higher temperature than cathode. Heat released across anode is conveyed to cathode of next cell. EFFECT: provision for reusing heat released across anode. 4 dwg