Some problems involved in the development of a solar thermionic power plant
Abstract
Apparatus is described for testing thermionic converters in laboratories or in the presence of solar radiation. Experiments involving high-temperature steady-state systems are explained. Volt-ampere characteristics, the effect of cathode temperature, the relation between incident and converted energy, and the effect of the reflection coefficient of the mirror were studied.
- Publication:
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Geliotekhnika
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977Gelio..13....9G
- Keywords:
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- Solar Collectors;
- Solar Energy Conversion;
- Solar Generators;
- Thermionic Converters;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Energy Technology;
- Heat Flux;
- Steady State;
- Temperature Effects;
- Thermoelectric Generators;
- Energy Production and Conversion