Improved thermionic electric converters
CA 2276510 C · Owner: Thermocon, Inc. · Inventors: Davis, Edwin D.
Overview
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An improved thermionic electric converter (200) uses a wire grid cathode (220) to provide a larger surface area for electrons to boil off. Alternately or additionally, the larger electron emission surface area can be achieved by using a curved electron emission surface. A laser (242) provides quantum inteference to electrons just before they reach the anode thereby lowering , their energy levels such that they more readily are captured by the anode (206). The arrangement provides improved conversion efficiency and reduced electron scatter.
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- Filed November 14, 1997 and granted January 14, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 14, 2017.
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