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.
Book information
- Author: Aa. Vv.
- Publisher: National Academies Press - 35
- Imprint: National Academies Press
- ISBN-13: 9780309082822
- Language: EN
- Edition: 1
- Publication date: 2001-12-18
- Pages: 84
- Format: 216 × 279 mm
