Study on a thermionic converter with cesium-bismuth-oxygen filling
Creators
- 1. Gosudarstvennyj Komitet po Ispol'zovaniyu Atomnoj Ehnergii SSSR, Sukhumi (Russian Federation). Fiziko-Tekhnicheskij Inst.
Description
The results of the experimental investigation of volt-ampere characteristics (VAC) of thermionic converters (TC) with cesium-bismuth-oxygen filling are presented. W(110) served as an emitter of cylindrical TC, polycrystal tungsten - as a collector; intraelectrode gap in the cold state of electrodes was 0.25 mm. The vacuum cesium system allowed to investigate converter's VACs independently both with liquid cesium and with cesium-bismuth-oxygen filling. The analysis of the obtained data allows to make a conclusion that the application of cesium-bismuth-oxygen system as a working medium source in the arc mode of TC operation results in a significant increase (by 40-60%) of output electric power of the converter as compared to purely cesium filling
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Russian)
- Исследование TEhP с цезий-висмут-кислородным наполнением
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoj Fiziki
- Journal Volume
- 61
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Series
- Zh. Tekh. Fiz.
- Journal Page Range
- 158-161
- ISSN
- 0044-4642
- CODEN
- ZTEFA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Russian Federation
- Country of Input or Organization
- USSR
- INIS RN
- 23083423
- Subject category
- S30: DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION;
- Descriptors DEI
- BISMUTH; CATHODES; CESIUM; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE TESTING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 1000-4000 K; THERMIONIC CONVERTERS; VAPORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALI METALS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; METALS; NONMETALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TESTING