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Improvements in or relating to apparatus for generating electricity by thermionic emission

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GB797872A
GB797872A GB2817654A GB2817654A GB797872A GB 797872 A GB797872 A GB 797872A GB 2817654 A GB2817654 A GB 2817654A GB 2817654 A GB2817654 A GB 2817654A GB 797872 A GB797872 A GB 797872A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J45/00—Discharge tubes functioning as thermionic generators

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797,872. Discharge tubes: cathode materials. HURST, H. Dec. 30, 1955 [Sept. 30, 1954], No. 28176/54. Class 39(1). Electricity is generated from a cell containing two or more electrodes by applying external heat to the cell, a current then flowing through an external circuit connecting the emissive and collector electrodes. In the Figure 1, is a thin collector plate, sandwiched between two emissive electrodes 2 coated internally with emissive material 3 consisting of barium and strontium oxides which may be held in an alumina framework. The electrodes 2 are connected by a strip 5, and spaced from electrode 1 by thin perforated ceramic plates 4. The cell envelope 7 is of heat-resistant material such as ceramic or silica. The electron flow between the electrodes may be modified by varying the shape or size of the electrodes, or by introducing a control grid. The emission may be increased by irradiation of the emissive electrode by radioactive material ; such material may be included within the tube envelope, or actually incorporated into the emissive layer. The cell may contain neon or argon, or metallic vapours such as sodium or mercury, in addition to barium. Assemblages of such cells may be made in series or parallel.
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Cited By (26)

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DE1105076B (en) * 1959-09-15 1961-04-20 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Arrangement for the direct generation of electrical energy from nuclear processes in nuclear reactors
US3041481A (en) * 1959-03-02 1962-06-26 Gen Electric Crossed field thermionic converter
DE1135977B (en) * 1959-12-23 1962-09-06 Nat Res Dev Thermoelectronic generator
US3161786A (en) * 1960-03-19 1964-12-15 Gunther Rainer System for the direct production of electricity in atomic reactors
US3176165A (en) * 1960-11-15 1965-03-30 Gen Electric Series connection and spacing techniques for thermionic converters
DE1190070B (en) * 1958-03-03 1965-04-01 Atomic Energy Commission Thermionic converter for the direct conversion of thermal energy into electrical energy
US3189766A (en) * 1961-05-05 1965-06-15 Union Carbide Corp Thermoelectric conversion process and apparatus
US3198968A (en) * 1961-02-03 1965-08-03 Union Carbide Corp Thermoelectric conversion process and apparatus
US3211930A (en) * 1962-11-08 1965-10-12 Westinghouse Electric Corp Thermionic energy converter
US3215868A (en) * 1961-10-20 1965-11-02 Gen Dynamics Corp Tiiermionic converter
US3217189A (en) * 1960-04-01 1965-11-09 Werner Kluge Energy converter
US3218487A (en) * 1960-11-15 1965-11-16 Gen Dynamics Corp High temperature thermionic generator
US3219849A (en) * 1962-06-20 1965-11-23 Nasa Fission electric generator
US3234412A (en) * 1961-07-21 1966-02-08 Babcock & Wilcox Co Thermionic conversion nuclear reactor
US3244914A (en) * 1962-03-20 1966-04-05 Union Carbide Corp Thermoelectric conversion process and apparatus
US3248577A (en) * 1960-11-04 1966-04-26 Itt Thermionic energy converter
US3278768A (en) * 1961-06-01 1966-10-11 Hughes Aircraft Co Thermionic energy converter
US3287578A (en) * 1959-12-19 1966-11-22 Siemens Ag Thermionic energy converter
US3290523A (en) * 1962-11-16 1966-12-06 Union Carbide Corp Method of operation for a thermionic converter
DE1233509B (en) * 1960-04-29 1967-02-02 Westinghouse Electric Corp Photoelectric energy converter with a photocathode and a separate anode
US3322977A (en) * 1962-03-20 1967-05-30 Union Carbide Corp Thermionic conversion process and apparatus
DE1276770B (en) * 1963-08-03 1968-09-05 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Thermionic energy converter
DE1288173B (en) * 1964-06-01 1969-01-30 Groos Otto H Device for the direct conversion of heat into electrical energy
US3430079A (en) * 1961-12-12 1969-02-25 Westinghouse Electric Corp Cascaded thermionic converter
DE1297175B (en) * 1965-02-25 1969-06-12 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Thermionic energy converter
US4298768A (en) * 1979-03-13 1981-11-03 Israel Allan D Cesium vapor thermionic current generator

Cited By (27)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1190070B (en) * 1958-03-03 1965-04-01 Atomic Energy Commission Thermionic converter for the direct conversion of thermal energy into electrical energy
US3041481A (en) * 1959-03-02 1962-06-26 Gen Electric Crossed field thermionic converter
DE1105076B (en) * 1959-09-15 1961-04-20 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Arrangement for the direct generation of electrical energy from nuclear processes in nuclear reactors
US3287578A (en) * 1959-12-19 1966-11-22 Siemens Ag Thermionic energy converter
DE1135977B (en) * 1959-12-23 1962-09-06 Nat Res Dev Thermoelectronic generator
US3161786A (en) * 1960-03-19 1964-12-15 Gunther Rainer System for the direct production of electricity in atomic reactors
US3217189A (en) * 1960-04-01 1965-11-09 Werner Kluge Energy converter
DE1274212B (en) * 1960-04-01 1968-08-01 Werner Kluge Dr Ing Thermionic converter filled with a noble gas and controllable by means of an auxiliary electrode serving to ionize the noble gas
DE1233509B (en) * 1960-04-29 1967-02-02 Westinghouse Electric Corp Photoelectric energy converter with a photocathode and a separate anode
US3248577A (en) * 1960-11-04 1966-04-26 Itt Thermionic energy converter
US3176165A (en) * 1960-11-15 1965-03-30 Gen Electric Series connection and spacing techniques for thermionic converters
US3218487A (en) * 1960-11-15 1965-11-16 Gen Dynamics Corp High temperature thermionic generator
US3198968A (en) * 1961-02-03 1965-08-03 Union Carbide Corp Thermoelectric conversion process and apparatus
US3189766A (en) * 1961-05-05 1965-06-15 Union Carbide Corp Thermoelectric conversion process and apparatus
US3278768A (en) * 1961-06-01 1966-10-11 Hughes Aircraft Co Thermionic energy converter
US3234412A (en) * 1961-07-21 1966-02-08 Babcock & Wilcox Co Thermionic conversion nuclear reactor
US3215868A (en) * 1961-10-20 1965-11-02 Gen Dynamics Corp Tiiermionic converter
US3430079A (en) * 1961-12-12 1969-02-25 Westinghouse Electric Corp Cascaded thermionic converter
US3244914A (en) * 1962-03-20 1966-04-05 Union Carbide Corp Thermoelectric conversion process and apparatus
US3322977A (en) * 1962-03-20 1967-05-30 Union Carbide Corp Thermionic conversion process and apparatus
US3219849A (en) * 1962-06-20 1965-11-23 Nasa Fission electric generator
US3211930A (en) * 1962-11-08 1965-10-12 Westinghouse Electric Corp Thermionic energy converter
US3290523A (en) * 1962-11-16 1966-12-06 Union Carbide Corp Method of operation for a thermionic converter
DE1276770B (en) * 1963-08-03 1968-09-05 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Thermionic energy converter
DE1288173B (en) * 1964-06-01 1969-01-30 Groos Otto H Device for the direct conversion of heat into electrical energy
DE1297175B (en) * 1965-02-25 1969-06-12 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Thermionic energy converter
US4298768A (en) * 1979-03-13 1981-11-03 Israel Allan D Cesium vapor thermionic current generator

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