Analysis of the Thermodynamic Consistency of the Richardson–Duhmann Model for Thermionic Converters
In this work, we develop the general theory for analyzing the thermodynamic consistency of the Richardson−Duhmann model for vacuum thermionic energy converters. In addition to the electron fluxes from emitter to collector and vice versa, we calculate the energy and entropy fluxes associate...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-03-01
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Series: | Energies |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/5/1087 |