GB876318A - Improvements in apparatus for the direct conversion of thermal to electrical energy - Google Patents
Improvements in apparatus for the direct conversion of thermal to electrical energyInfo
- Publication number
- GB876318A GB876318A GB31405/59A GB3140559A GB876318A GB 876318 A GB876318 A GB 876318A GB 31405/59 A GB31405/59 A GB 31405/59A GB 3140559 A GB3140559 A GB 3140559A GB 876318 A GB876318 A GB 876318A
- Authority
- GB
- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- particles
- anode
- cathode
- thermal
- electrical energy
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
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Classifications
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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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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F22—STEAM GENERATION
- F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
- F22B1/00—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method
- F22B1/28—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method in boilers heated electrically
- F22B1/281—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method in boilers heated electrically other than by electrical resistances or electrodes
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F22—STEAM GENERATION
- F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
- F22B1/00—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method
- F22B1/28—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method in boilers heated electrically
- F22B1/30—Electrode boilers
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- G—PHYSICS
- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21D—NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
- G21D7/00—Arrangements for direct production of electric energy from fusion or fission reactions
- G21D7/04—Arrangements for direct production of electric energy from fusion or fission reactions using thermoelectric elements or thermoionic converters
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- H01J19/00—Details of vacuum tubes of the types covered by group H01J21/00
- H01J19/68—Specified gas introduced into the tube at low pressure, e.g. for reducing or influencing space charge
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Sustainable Energy (AREA)
- Thermal Sciences (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Sustainable Development (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
- Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
- High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
- X-Ray Techniques (AREA)
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Abstract
876,318. Thermionic-cathode tubes. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Sept. 15, 1959 [Sept. 17, 1958], No. 31405/59. Addition to 854,036. Class 39(1). In a device for direct conversion of thermal to electrical energy of the kind described in the parent Specification, a deformable anode 22 is spaced from a cathode 14 by particles 25 of refractory material. The particles 25, which may be of any uniform size between 0.0001 and 0.01 inches thick, preferably occupy about 1% of the active cathode surface and may be of alumina, beryllia, thoria, boron nitride or cerium sulphide. The nickel anode, which may be a few mils. thick, is maintained in engagement with the particles, and the particles with the tungsten or tantalum cathode, by an external pressure due to circulating ambient air, which also functions as a coolant for the anode, or to the cooling arrangement shown in which water or mercury is circulated through a chamber formed by a member 28 and the anode 22. The chamber 20 contains caesium vapour at low pressure. The device is said to produce an output potential of about 1.8 volts.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US761648A US3138725A (en) | 1957-11-25 | 1958-09-17 | Close-spaced thermionic converter |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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GB876318A true GB876318A (en) | 1961-08-30 |
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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GB31405/59A Expired GB876318A (en) | 1958-09-17 | 1959-09-15 | Improvements in apparatus for the direct conversion of thermal to electrical energy |
Country Status (1)
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GB (1) | GB876318A (en) |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE1281002B (en) * | 1962-11-08 | 1968-10-24 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Thermionic converter for use in connection with power nuclear reactors |
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- 1959-09-15 GB GB31405/59A patent/GB876318A/en not_active Expired
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE1281002B (en) * | 1962-11-08 | 1968-10-24 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Thermionic converter for use in connection with power nuclear reactors |
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