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Performance and Energy-Transfer Measurements on Cylindrical Cesium Thermionic Converters

Description: Detailed measurements of performance and energy transfer were made on two highly instrumented cylindrical cesium thermionic converters with electrically heated tungsten emitters. The first converter, OC-4, which had a niobium collector, operated with an initial electrical output of 6.9 watts/cm/sup 2/. This output gradually degraded to a value of 4.6 watts/cm/sup 2/ after 1351 hr. These power values were measured at the electrodes for an average emitter temperature of 1 750 deg C, Converter OC-… more
Date: November 13, 1963
Creator: Holland, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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