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1964; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 1; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1109/mspec.1964.6500665
ISSN1939-9340
AutoresAlfred Goldsmith, J. D. Ryder, Elwood Gannett, Ronald Jürgen, R. R. Whitlock, Samuel Walters, Gordon D. Friedlander, Eleanor Peck, Gladys Charitz, Stella Grazda, Herbert Taylor, Ruth Edmiston, Wendy C. Crone, C Linder, Bobbie Oliver, Wilbur Peterson, William Clark, Haraden Pratt, B Angwin, Hendley Blackmon, W Chase, L Giacoletto, Patrick E. Haggerty, Ferdinand Hamburger, Herre Punchard, W Rinia, George W. Shepherd, E Sinclair, Andrew Starr, Emeritus Goldsmith, Emeritus Robertson, S.J. Henderson, L Herwald, T.V. Holmes, Barbara MacAdam, Joseph Weber, Frank Weil, C Willenbrock, William Wischmeyer, Advertising Copp, Lillian Manager, Carl Maier, Thomas Jones, Cara Hatcher, W Mac, Adam Herwald, A Waynick, Tim Hunter, Donald G. Fink, George Bailey, Nelson Hibshman, J. Callahan, Laurence Gumming, Richard Emberson, Joan Kearney, William Keyes,
ResumoIn the photograph reproduced on the front cover, the central bright spot is light from a small portion of the back of the white hot electron emitter electrode of a thermionic converter.The photograph by W. B. Halstead of the General Electric Research Laboratory was taken during a labora tory test of the converter-a promising new static electric generator.A thermionic converter is a heat engine with a usual input temperature of about 2000 °K and a heat rejection temperature of about 1000 °K.In the article beginning on page 74 of this issue, Dr. Volney C. Wilson of GE outlines a method for combining thermionic converters and steam tur bines to obtain more electricity from nuclear central station power plants.He also describes the various kinds of thermionic converters and, in par ticular, the high-pressure cesium unit.
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