This report evaluates the Defense Threat Reduction Agency prior and present sponsored efforts; assess the present state of the art in thermionic energy conversion systems; assess the technical challenges to the development of viable thermionic energy conversion systems for both space and terrestrial applications; and recommend a prioritized set of objectives for a future research and development program for advanced thermionic systems for space and terrestrial applications.
- ISBN10 030908282X
- ISBN13 9780309082822
- Publish Date 18 January 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint National Academies Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 84
- Language English