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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2020
Modern Hydrogen, Inc., Woodinville, WA (US);
Stephen E. Clark, Bellevue, WA (US);
Roelof E. Groenewald, Bothell, WA (US);
Arvind Kannan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew T. Koch, Seattle, WA (US);
Hsin-I Lu, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Alexander J. Pearse, Bothell, WA (US);
Peter J. Scherpelz, Seattle, WA (US);
Modern Hydrogen, Inc., Woodinville, WA (US);
Abstract
Various disclosed embodiments include thermionic energy converters and electronic circuitry for generating pulses for igniting plasma in a hermetic package of a thermionic energy converter. In various embodiments, an illustrative thermionic energy converter includes a hermetic package charged with a non-cesium gas additive. The hermetic package is configured to route into the hermetic package pulses for igniting plasma in the hermetic package. A cesium reservoir is disposed in the hermetic package. A cathode is disposed in the hermetic package and an anode is disposed in the hermetic package.