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High thermal power density heat transfer. [thermionic converters
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1980 |
| Description | Heat from a high temperature heat pipe is transferred through a vacuum or a gap filled with electrically nonconducting gas to a cooler heat pipe. The heat pipe is used to cool the nuclear reactor while the heat pipe is connected thermally and electrically to a thermionic converter. If the receiver requires greater thermal power density, geometries are used with larger heat pipe areas for transmitting and receiving energy than the area for conducting the heat to the thermionic converter. In this way the heat pipe capability for increasing thermal power densities compensates for the comparatively low thermal power densities through the electrically non-conducting gap between the two heat pipes. |
| File Size | 607421 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820003526 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1qg3hp92 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1980-10-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer Heat Pipes Working Fluids Isolation Thermionic Converters Nuclear Reactors High Temperature Radiant Heating Helium Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |
