Statistics – Applications
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Jan 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999aipc..458..673w&link_type=abstract
Space technology and applications international forum -1999. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 458, pp. 673-678 (1999).
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Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components, Thermionic Conversion
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START-3 was a test program conducted in order to demonstrate and characterize the operational performance of the prototype Integrated Solar Upper Stage (ISUS) thermionic power system. The test device consisted of a graphite thermal storage unit, multilayer foil insulation, and sixteen thermionic converters electrically connected in a series array. Several thermal input conditions were achieved during the test, which resulted in measuring converter performance at average converter hot shoe temperatures in the range of 1600 K to 2000 K. Results indicate that the thermionic converters did not perform as well as expected in the array configuration. Follow-on testing of the individual sixteen converters is currently being performed.
Luchau David W.
Luke James R.
Wyant Francis J.
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