TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Thermionics Quo Vadis?: An Assessment of the DTRA's Advanced Thermionics Research and Development Program SN - 978-0-309-08282-2 DO - 10.17226/10254 PY - 2001 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10254/thermionics-quo-vadis-an-assessment-of-the-dtras-advanced-thermionics PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Space and Aeronautics AB - This report evaluates the Defense Threat Reduction Agency prior and present sponsored efforts; assess the present state of the art in thermionic energy conversion systems; assess the technical challenges to the development of viable thermionic energy conversion systems for both space and terrestrial applications; and recommend a prioritized set of objectives for a future research and development program for advanced thermionic systems for space and terrestrial applications. ER -