FIELD: thermionic conversion power reactors. SUBSTANCE: converter used for power units characterized by relatively low emitter temperature beyond reactor core and for solar-electric units with solar concentrators has electrodes in the form of heated emitter and cooled collector, emitter-to-collector spacing system, and electrode gap L filled with cesium vapor and chosen from equation , where Te is emitter operating temperature, K; Фo is work of emitter material output in vacuum, eV. EFFECT: improved power capacity and efficiency at adequate emitter temperature. 1 dwg
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1999-10-10—Published
1998-09-02—Filed