HEAT TREATMENT TUBE CONVERTER Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC H01J45/00 

FIELD: power engineering.

SUBSTANCE: heat treatment tube converter of thermal energy into electric one comprises in a vacuum volume two metal electrodes, between which there is an aligned pyrolytic graphite in the form of an orifice with a central cavity connected with a source of a caesium vapour, the C-axis of the graphite is directed perpendicularly to carbon layers of the graphite with atoms of caesium and barium intercalated between graphite layers, a heater connected with electrodes via an insulator and a bellows unit, and a circuit with a load. All graphite layers are intercalated with barium atoms to the composition of C₆Ba, and the source of caesium vapour is connected with the vacuum volume and the central cavity in the graphite with the help of a V-shaped nozzle, both elbows of which are equipped with electric heaters.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of a heat treatment tube converter, namely, electric conductivity along the C-axis of graphite due to improvement of material quality.

5 cl, 1 dwg