Control for nuclear thermionic power source

Details Control for nuclear thermionic power source Control for nuclear thermionic power source

1975-11-21

1978-04-18

Behrend, Harvey E.

176 39, 176 33, G21C 700

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040850048

ABSTRACT:
A control for a power source which includes nuclear fuel interspersed with thermionic converters, including a power regulator that maintains a substantially constant output voltage to a variable load, and a control circuit that drives a neutron flux regulator in accordance with the current supplied to the power regulator and the neutron flux density in the region of the converters. The control circuit generates a control signal which is the difference between the neutron flux density and a linear function of the current, and which drives the neutron regulator in a direction to decrease or increase the neutron flux according to the polarity of the control signal.

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"Improved Control for a Nuclear/Thermionic Power Source-A Concept", by Sawyer, pp. 4-14, (Presented at the 1971 Thermionic Conversion Specialists Conf., Oct. 4-6, 1971, San Diego, Calif.).

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