Accession Number:
AD0621726
Title:
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION IN THE USSR, THERMIONIC CONVERTERS.
Descriptive Note:
Rept. no. 3.
Corporate Author:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON D C AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DIV
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1965-09-22
Pagination or Media Count:
155.0
Abstract:
CONTENTS Thermoelectron emission Volt-ampere characteristic and difference of contact potential Positive surface ionization and evaporation heats Space-charge and its neutralization Transport phenomena Qualitative theory of plasma thermoelements Classification schemes Vacuum with current limited by space-charge Vacuum with space-charge compensated Anselms theoretical study Rectilinear-path mode Ioffes concept of a plasma thermocouple Simple diffusion mode Moyzhes-Pikus Theoretical Study Phenomena at increased plasma pressures Discharge mode Baksht-Moyzhes Theoretical Study Arc mode.