Thermionics Quo Vadis? An Assessment of the DTRA's Advanced Thermionics Research and Development Program (2001) / Chapter Skim
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2 Conclusions Regarding the Current DTRA Program
2 Conclusions Regarding the Current DTRA Program
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This interest in thermionics is logical since the AFRL has the mandate to develop future power supplies for the Air Force, and thermionics could potentially play a role. The committee believes that it is prudent for the AFRL to assume all responsibilities for thermionic research and development on behalf of the federal government for the following reasons: · The AFRL has the mandate to work with power conversion technologies, one of which is thermionics.
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As the focal point for thermionic research, the Air Force Research Laboratory should attempt to establish cooperative activities with other government agencies, such as the Department of Energy, the Naval Research Laboratory, NASA, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. By transferring thermionics research and development to the AFRL, the federal government would establish one thermionics focal point, for the AFRL could then become the thermionics community coordinator and employ the existing Space Technology Alliance (STA)
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Oxygenated thermionic converters High-creep strength fuel clad development Advanced thermionic converter: close-spaced converter Advanced thermionic converter: low emissivity converter development Trilayer insulation design, development, and device testing Oxygenated electrode testing Oxygen mass transport Single-crystal alloy domestic fabrication and creep testing; closed chemical vapor deposition process Device development and testing Design and proof of concept General Atomics in collaboration with Russian research facilities General Atomics in collaboration with Russian research facilities Russian research facilities Auburn University in collaboration with Russian research facilities Russian research facilities Russian research facilities Microminiature thermionic Proof of performance and theory Low work function coating Sandia National Laboratories converter (MTC) validation development device testing with New Mexico Engineering Research Institute test support Thermionic theory and model validation Thermionic space reactor system mass model Thermionic theory and theory validation RSMASS-T system model upgrade Vacuum converter theory development and surface effects modeling DTRA staff DTRA staff and consultants est way to structure a program with limited resources and little assurance of continued funding.
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tests, and much of the data was not recorded, only alluded to. Finding: By having papers published under the thermionics research and development program peer reviewed, and by establishing a formal documentation and hardware storage protocol, the future sponsor will help prevent loss of hard-earned research and development knowledge.
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1992. Report of the United States Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Team: An Examination of the Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Activities of the Commonwealth of THERMIONICS QUO VADIS?
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