Gas-regulated cesium vapor source for thermionic converters
Abstract
Two types of gas-regulated Cs vapor sources have been tested in operation with model thermionic converters with cylindrical electrodes, and experimental results are given in terms of output power vs auxiliary gas pressure for several thermal powers delivered to the vaporizer. It is shown that nearly flat dependence can be achieved by suitably choosing the operating conditions of the source and by modifying the design of the vapor outlet, thus providing an easy method for stabilizing the operating parameters of the thermionic converter.
- Publication:
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Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- December 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985ZhTFi..55.2377K
- Keywords:
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- Cesium Vapor;
- Flow Regulators;
- Pressure Regulators;
- Thermionic Converters;
- Vapor Pressure;
- Vaporizers;
- Heat Pipes;
- Pressure Reduction;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer