This report evaluates the Defense Threat Reduction Agency prior and present sponsored efforts; assess the present state of the art in thermionic energy conversion systems; assess the technical challenges to the development of viable thermionic energy conversion systems for both space and terrestrial applications; and recommend a prioritized set of objectives for a future research and development program for advanced thermionic systems for space and terrestrial applications.
Table of Contents |
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Front Matter | i-xii | |
Executive Summary | 1-5 | |
1 Introduction | 6-9 | |
2 Conclusions Regarding the Current DTRA Program | 10-14 | |
3 Overview of the Technology | 15-32 | |
4 Solar Thermionics | 33-42 | |
5 Nuclear Thermionics | 43-49 | |
6 Terrestrial Applications | 50-51 | |
7 Assessment of Progress | 52-60 | |
Appendix A Statement of Task | 61-63 | |
Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members | 64-66 | |
Appendix C Electric Propulsion Considerations | 67-70 | |
Appendix D Acronyms | 71-72 |
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