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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Antonio Martí
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/5/1087