JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thermionic refrigeration
Year: 1994 Journal: Journal of Applied Physics Vol: 76 (7)Pages: 4362-4366 Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Abstract
A refrigerator is described that is based upon thermionic emission. Room-temperature refrigeration is efficient when the work function of the anode is about 0.3–0.4 eV but those low values are unattainable. The refrigerator only operates at higher temperatures.
Keywords:
Thermionic emission Refrigeration Refrigerator car Anode Work (physics) Materials science Work function Thermodynamics Nuclear engineering Chemistry Metallurgy Physics Electrode Physical chemistry Nuclear physics Engineering
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Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
Physical Sciences → Engineering → Civil and Structural Engineering
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Physical Sciences → Physics and Astronomy → Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Superconducting and THz Device Technology
Physical Sciences → Physics and Astronomy → Astronomy and Astrophysics
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