A comparison of the performance of two rhenium, niobium cylindrical thermionic converters.
Rhenium-niobium cylindrical thermionic converters with mechanically polished or electroetched emitters, comparing performance
Kascak, T. J.↗
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Electron cooling and plasma heating of thermionic converters.
Electron emitter cooling and plasma heating of thermionic converters noting effects of plasma density, diode spacing, etc
Breitwieser, R.↗
The performance of a rhenium, niobium cylindrical thermionic converter.
Rhenium Nb cylindrical thermionic converter, measuring efficiency and power density in emitter temperature range 1600-2050 K and collector temperature range 873-1173 K
Kascak, T. J.↗
Analytic solutions of limit cycles in a feedback-regulated converter system with hysteresis.
Mathematical model for voltage step-down DC to DC converter with hysteretic bistable trigger circuit regulating output voltage
Babaa, I. M. H.↗
Correlation of fixed-spacing thermionic converter performance with variable-spacing test vehicle data.
Performance prediction for planar and cylindrical electrode geometry fixed spacing thermionic converters
Merrill, O. S.↗
A comparison of the performance of two rhenium, niobium cylindrical thermionic converters.
Comparative performance of niobium cylindrical thermionic converters with vapor deposited rhenium, stressing emitters surface preparation
Kascak, T. J.↗
The performance of a rhenium, niobium cylindrical thermionic converter.
Cylindrical thermionic converter with vapor deposited rhenium emitter and niobium collector, measuring efficiency and power density
Kascak, T. J.↗
Performance of chloride and fluoride vapor- deposited tungsten emitters in thermionic converters.
Thermionic converters with chloride and fluoride vapor deposited tungsten emitters, comparing performance characteristics and stability
Wang, C.-C.↗
Side-wall currents in unignited hardware-type thermionic energy converters.
Side wall currents in unignited hardware type thermionic energy converters, discussing work function and heat choke
Shimada, K.↗
Electrical testing of a six-converter generator.
Electrical testing of six converter solar energy thermionic generator, discussing overheating and dual current mode anomalies
Shimada, K.↗
Metallography of thermionic converters.
Thermionic converter metallography relationship between materials and fabrication methods and reliable performance life
Rouklove, P.↗
Electron cooling and plasma heating of thermionic converters.
Semiempirical relation for electron cooling modified by plasma heating of thermionic converters, including effects of plasma density, diode spacing and surface potential difference
Breitwieser, R.↗
DC to DC converter regulated by a constant- frequency duty-cycle generator.
Closed loop regulated flyback DC to DC converter using constant frequency generator for duty cycle control
Babaa, I. M. H.↗
Thermionic converter technology.
Reliability and efficiency improvements for thermionic converters at JPL, giving failures analyses
Rouklove, P.↗
Long term operations of in-pile and out-of-pile thermionic converters.
Cylindrical geometry in-pile and out-of-pile thermionic converters long term life tests, including unfueled and fueled versions
Holland, J. W.↗
Magnetically focused electronographic image converters for space astronomy applications.
Magnetically focused electronographic image converters in far UV photography and spectroscopy in space astronomy applications
Carruthers, G. R.↗
Modularization of high-power inverters and converters.
Modularized static AC and DC inverters and converters for aerospace electrical power conditioning systems, discussing circuit functions and performance tests
Gourash, F.↗
Improved low cost ac-to-dc converter
Circuit converts an rms, ac voltage to a proportional dc voltage with good accuracy over a voltage range of approximately 6-1. It incorporates a pair of vacuum thermocouples in a dc feedback circuit.
Cremer, H. C.↗