THERMIONIC CONVERTER WITH SMALL INTERELECTRODE GAP

摘要

FIELD: instrumentation engineering. SUBSTANCE: thermionic converter has a vacuum-treated case formed by the emitter and collector walls accommodating the emitters and collectors. Distantiators are positioned in recesses of the collectors. Two cavities for the supply of cesium and gallium are formed inside the thermionic converter with the aid of a separator with holes made in it according to the quantity of electrode pairs, a membrane is installed in each hole. Each collector is connected to the heat sink of its own through the respective membrane. EFFECT: compensated production errors and thermomechanical strains of elements of thermionic converter, stable small interelectrode gap. 3 cl, 4 dwg