Development Of A Cylindrical Inverted Thermionic Converter For Solar Power Systems

摘要

The design, development and fabrication of a single-cell cylindrical inverted converter are presented. The converter is a coaxial system of two electrodes, in which the outer clad heats the emitter directly and a collector is set inside the emitter. The materials and design elements of a testable prototype are described. Different design versions of structural system components are considered. The results of preliminary tests of the main system components are presented.