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Showing papers on "Electric power published in 1975"


Patent
21 Nov 1975
TL;DR: In this article, a gasoline and battery-powered electric automobile with one pair of wheels powered by an internal combustion engine through a magnetic clutch and differential and the other set of wheels powering through an infinitely variable mechanical transmission comprising cone pulleys or cone chains whose ratio is power-controlled in accordance with the driver's desires or else with the speed of the vehicle.
Abstract: A gasoline and battery-powered electric automobile wherein the start and the running of the car are effected by an electric motor except in circumstances where the battery charge is depleted, in which case the normal cruising and higher speeds are then obtained using a gasoline or internal combustion engine which can be cut in either automatically or at will. The electric motor is powered by storage batteries that can be recharged from a generator driven by the internal combustion engine, or else from house current. One pair of wheels of the vehicle is powered by the internal combustion engine through a magnetic clutch and differential. The other set of wheels is powered through an infinitely variable mechanical transmission comprising cone pulleys or cone chains whose ratio is power-controlled in accordance with the driver's desires or else with the speed of the vehicle. The infinitely variable transmission has a very high speed-ratio for starting the vehicle, after which the speed ratio reduces either automatically or under the driver's direction as the vehicle gains speed. In cases where the battery charge is, say, below one half of the fully-charged condition, the car upon attainment of a predetermined cruising speed will discontinue driving of the electric powered means, and this can be replaced by the internal combustion engine. Thus, with the arrangement disclosed, city driving can be characterized by the use of electrical power whereby air pollution is nil. Only minimal polluting exhaust occurs for higher speed driving, as along highways and the like, in those cases wherein the battery charge is below one half.

96 citations


Patent
12 May 1975
TL;DR: In this article, a working fluid is absorbed by a carrier fluid by an exothermic chemical reaction wherein the heat released is utilized to perform useful work, and the original fluids are regenerated by an endothermic reaction with the required energy supplied by an external prime source.
Abstract: A method, and apparatus for implementing the method, for simultaneously generating electrical power and producing refrigeration, utlizing an absorption/regeneration power cycle, and performing useful work with the heat rejected from the cycle. In the cycle, a working fluid is absorbed by a carrier fluid by an exothermic chemical reaction wherein the heat released is utilized to perform useful work. After absorption, the original fluids are regenerated by an endothermic chemical reaction with the required energy supplied by an external prime source. Surplus energy stored in the fluids after regeneration is extracted and utilized to generate electrical power, produce refrigeration, and provide internally required energy.

78 citations


Patent
31 Mar 1975
TL;DR: In this article, the rotor device is mounted between two discs one of which serves as the armature of an electrical power generator and the other is used to couple with the rotor assembly through a clutch when the rotor has reached a desired speed.
Abstract: An electric battery powered automobile has a wind driven rotor device driving a generator to furnish supplementary power to batteries of the electrical power system of the automobile. The rotor device includes a power rotor having a pair of curved blades forming an overlapping, S configuration, and an outer series of turbine blades which pivot to provide minimum resistance when moving into the wind and provide maximum power when moving with the wind. The rotor device is mounted between two discs one of which serves as the armature of an electrical power generator. The generator has a plurality of parallel windings which at low speeds are connected in series to the batteries and, at high speeds, are connected in parallel to the batteries. The armature can be mounted separately and caused to couple with the rotor assembly through a clutch when the rotor has reached a desired speed. A further embodiment includes a rotor having tapered S-shaped blades, and/or a plurality of wind velocity responsive shutters for speed control.

63 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
Osamu Saito1, K. Koizumi, M. Udo, M. Sato, H. Mukae, T. Tsuji 
TL;DR: This paper relates to on-line security assessment and determination of optimal preventive measures of power system, which the authors have developed by using two methods, digital and digital-analog hybrid.
Abstract: This paper relates to on-line security assessment and determination of optimal preventive measures of power system, which the authors have developed by using two methods, digital and digital-analog hybrid. The description includes the power system of the Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TEPCO) for the security assessment; the software configuration for the on-line security assessment; fast calculating methods for the assessment, with emphasis on the study of transient stability; methods for determinating optimal preventive measures to improve transient stability; performance test of the digital method for an actual bulk power system; and a model hybrid security monitoring system for a comparatively small power system and its performance test.

60 citations


Patent
07 Aug 1975
TL;DR: In this article, an electric power generating system particularly adapted for use in locals where there is an absence of a water supply with sufficient elevation to supply the required power for an electrical energy generating system, or the water supply is insufficient for the required generating system.
Abstract: This relates to an electric power generating system particularly adapted for use in locals where there is an absence of a water supply with sufficient elevation to supply the required power for an electrical energy generating system, or the water supply is insufficient for the required generating system. The deficiency is overcome in part by providing an elevated water supply reservoir and a system of gravity actuated water powered pumps for utilizing the discharge of the generating system to pump at least a portion of the discharge to the elevated reservoir. It is further proposed to utilize a pumping system of the wave motor type for pumping relatively available water at sea level to the elevated water reservoir. It is also proposed to provide a split stream of water from an elevated water supply to two generators at different elevations with the discharge from the uppermost generator being recombined with the other portion of the split stream for introduction into the generator at the lower level.

47 citations


Patent
18 Jul 1975
TL;DR: In this article, a vehicular propulsion system consisting of an electric drive motor and a source of electric power for energizing the motor drive is described, where a switching arrangement is provided to alternately and selectively interconnect the fuel cell and primary air cell to the motor.
Abstract: A vehicular propulsion system comprising an electric drive motor and a source of electric power for energizing the motor drive. The power source comprises at least one fuel cell and at least one primary air cell. The air cell has a consumable replaceable anode and produces hydrogen as a product of the discharge reaction thereof. The fuel cell produces electrical energy when supplied with hydrogen. The hydrogen so produced by the primary cell is transmitted to the fuel cell. A switching arrangement is provided to alternately and selectively interconnect the fuel cell and primary air cell to the motor drive. The switching arrangement is responsive to the power output of the fuel cell whereby upon the power drain of the motor drive exceeding that available from the fuel cell, power will be supplied from the primary air cell.

42 citations


Book
01 Jan 1975
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the demands for nuclear reactors, raw uranium, and fuel cycle requirements by the U.S. electric utility industry over the next twenty years, and under a number of different possible states of the world.
Abstract: This paper examines the demands for nuclear reactors, raw uranium, and fuel cycle requirements by the U.S. electric utility industry over the next twenty years, and under a number of different possible states of the world. The analysis is performed by using the MIT Regional Electricity Model (REM) developed by the authors. This model is an engineering-econometric-financial simulation model of the electric utility industry in the United States. It includes a supply submodel, a demand submodel, and a regulatory financial submodel. The analysis indicates that demands for reactors, raw uranium, and uranium enrichment will be substantially below the projections made by government agencies such as the atomic Energy Commission. These demands are shown to be very sensitive to the costs of air pollution control affecting coal utilization, the costs of uranium and uranium enrichment, the price of oil, and electric utility regulatory practices. It appears that in almost all cases existing plus planned expansion of government-owned enrichment facilities will be sufficient to meet domestic needs until the mid-1980s. However, the continued financial viability of the five reactor vendors servicing the domestic market is doubtful. Two or three of these vendors will either have to drop out of the market or obtain increased nuclear steam supply system orders from foreign countries.

41 citations


Patent
14 Jul 1975
TL;DR: A method and apparatus for the removal and recovery of volatile or evaporable substances from materials containing them is described in this paper, which is readily applicable for the simultaneous incineration and concentration of such materials, particularly spent water-diluted effluents from industries and municipalities as well as for the generation of electric power from various thermal fuels, particularly power gas produced from coal or oil.
Abstract: A method and apparatus for the removal and recovery of volatile or evaporable substances from materials containing them. In other embodiments, the invention is readily applicable for the simultaneous incineration and concentration of such materials, particularly spent water-diluted effluents from industries and municipalities as well as for the generation of electric power from various thermal fuels, particularly power gas produced from coal or oil. In further embodiments, the reclamation of oil, from oil sands and shales, is effected as well as the cyclic pulping of cellulosic materials with cyclic recovery of heat and chemicals.

40 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: A mathematical programming model is described for the economic planning of generation and transmission systems by iterating between the simulation of operating conditions and the combined costs model the number of constraints are reduced by up to one hundredth of those required for early linear programming models.
Abstract: A mathematical programming model is described for the economic planning of generation and transmission systems. By iterating between the simulation of operating conditions and the combined costs model the number of constraints are reduced by up to one hundredth of those required for early linear programming models.

38 citations


Patent
14 Feb 1975
TL;DR: In this paper, a reactive current compensating apparatus for a multiphase electric power circuit comprises separately variable reactive impedance elements coupled to the power circuit in multi-phase relation through phase shifting means such as a tertiary transformer winding.
Abstract: Reactive current compensating apparatus for a multiphase electric power circuit comprises separately variable reactive impedance elements coupled to the power circuit in multiphase relation through phase shifting means such as a tertiary transformer winding When phase voltage supplied to the compensating impedance leads or lags the line-to-neutral voltage of the power circuit the compensating effect in respect to negative phase sequence line current components is enhanced as compared to direct conductive connection of compensating impedance to the power circuit

36 citations


Patent
04 Apr 1975
TL;DR: In this paper, a load dispatcher including continuity sensitive switches is used to control the supply of power to the appliances by supplying power to one of the appliances to the exclusion of the other in each pair arrangement.
Abstract: A temperature monitoring means monitors temperature outside the residence and a supply system responsive to the monitoring means controls the supply of electrical power to major home appliances such as air conditioning devices, food preparation devices, clothes drying devices and water heating devices and the like In one embodiment, major home appliances are arranged in pairs and connected to a main power distribution system in these pair arrangements through a load dispatcher including continuity sensitive switches The appliances are continuously connected to the electrical power distribution system when the outdoor temperature is below a predetermined value However, when the outdoor temperature exceeds the predetermined value, the continuity switches then control the supply of power to the appliances by supplying power to one of the appliances to the exclusion of the other in each pair arrangement Whenever electrical power is not being supplied to the one of the appliances in the pair arrangement requiring power, the other of the appliances is supplied with electrical power In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the outdoor temperature is monitored and controls the operation of an air conditioning unit When the outdoor temperature exceeds a predetermined value, the air conditioner is cycled between on and off conditions on a timed, periodic basis without regard to the temperature inside the residence at least until the temperature outside the residence drops below the predetermined value The air conditioner may be cycled between on and off conditions on the periodic basis until the outdoor temperature drops a predetermined amount below the predetermined value, for example, drops at least 5* or 6* below the predetermined value

Patent
15 Sep 1975
TL;DR: In this article, a thermal converter for transmitting electric energy fluctuations of small circuits at a higher temperature across a thermal barrier to small circuit at a lower temperature for high efficiency conversion of the electric energy fluctuation to electric power.
Abstract: A thermal converter for transmitting electric energy fluctuations of small circuits at a higher temperature across a thermal barrier to small circuits at a lower temperature for high efficiency conversion of the electric energy fluctuations to electric power. Apparatus and circuits are disclosed which can transfer with a high coefficient of performance heat from the lower temperature circuits to the higher temperature circuits.

Patent
27 Jan 1975
TL;DR: An electrical power generating array of a semiconductor, laminar structured thermopile for producing low values of electrical power at high values of direct output voltage and a method for its manufacture including the step of lapping opposed semiconductor layers bonded on opposite sides of a glass layer to achieve a predetermined thinness as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: An electrical power generating array of a semiconductor, laminar structured thermopile for producing low values of electrical power at high values of direct output voltage and a method for its manufacture including the step of lapping opposed semiconductor layers bonded on opposite sides of a glass layer to achieve a predetermined thinness.

Patent
25 Jun 1975
TL;DR: An electronic device for use with a battery driven electro-optical display, wherein the device includes circuitry for detecting an increase in the rate of electric power consumption of the display, and generates a signal upon detecting the increase as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: An electronic device for use with a battery driven electro-optical display, wherein the device includes circuitry for detecting an increase in the rate of electric power consumption of the display, and generates a signal upon detecting the increase. The device includes an alarm which operates, when the signal is received and includes circuitry, which stops power supply to the display when the signal is received. Surplus power consumption of the electric cell is thereby eliminated.

Patent
20 Oct 1975
TL;DR: In this paper, a rotary voltage step-up mechanism integrated with an inertial energy storage device is connected in series through a transmission line to produce highvoltage utility electrical power from distributed primary energy sources, such as arrays of solar energy panels, wind-driven generators or the like.
Abstract: Generating stations which each have a rotary voltage step-up mechanism integrated with an inertial energy storage device are connected in series through a transmission line to produce high-voltage utility electrical power from distributed primary energy sources, such as arrays of solar energy panels, wind-driven generators or the like, which may be intermittent. Each station in the series may include an elevated generator supported on insulative structure and operating at the high-voltage level of the transmission line to add an increment of voltage and power to the line. The generator is driven through an insulative drive shaft by a motor operated from the nearby primary energy sources. Each station further includes a massive flywheel secured to the drive shaft assembly that links the generator and motor in order to store locally developed energy during periods of excess supply whereby energy may be continued to be delivered to the transmission line during periods of diminished supply or to meet demand peaks.

Patent
18 Aug 1975
TL;DR: In this article, the control of steam-heating power plants to optimize the use of energy in producing the required steam and electrical power comprising means for sensing steam and electricity demands, means for comparing these sensed demands with the electricity and steam output of turbine means in the plant, and means for adjusting operating set points of the turbines and steam generator for coordinated control of power plant energy consumption and production.
Abstract: Apparatus for the control of steam-heating power plants to optimize the use of energy in producing the required steam and electrical power comprising means for sensing steam and electricity demands, means for comparing these sensed demands with the electricity and steam output of turbine means in the plant, and means for adjusting operating set points of the turbines and steam generator for coordinated control of power plant energy consumption and production.

Patent
16 Jun 1975
TL;DR: In this article, a control system for limiting peak load demand and/or saving electrical energy by cycling the individual loads within an electrical distribution system is presented, which is continuously monitored and compared to a pre-set limit.
Abstract: Control system for limiting peak load demand and/or saving electrical energy by cycling the individual loads within an electrical distribution system. Electrical power usage in a distribution system is continuously monitored and compared to a pre-set limit. Loads can be added and cycled according to a limit set by the operator. Loads can also be dropped in response to a signal proportional to the electrical power usage in a distribution system within limits defined by the operator.

Patent
24 Feb 1975
TL;DR: An improved electric power regeneration system, featuring reduced environmental air and thermal pollution, employs a method and means whereby during periods of low load demands upon a conventional type electric power generating plant, the excess power then available is employed (at low cost to the system) to pump low temperature ambient air (or any other suitably heat-absorbent gas) at relatively low pressure into a subterranean cavity in a salt deposit which is in thermal communication via an interconnecting spire or dome of salt with a geological "mother bed" occurring at such depths below the earth's surface as to
Abstract: An improved electric power regeneration system, featuring reduced environmental air and thermal pollution. The system employs a method and means whereby during periods of low load demands upon a conventional type electric power generating plant, the excess power then available is employed (at low cost to the system) to pump low temperature ambient air (or any other suitably heat-absorbent gas) at relatively low pressure into a subterranean cavity in a salt deposit which is in thermal communication via an interconnecting spire or dome of salt with a geological "mother bed" occurring at such depths below the earth's surface as to constitute a constant high heat source. The air/gas conduit system is intermittently closed, whereupon the heat intake from the earth's center causes significant storage of heat energy in the entrapped air/gas and substantial increases of the pressures under which it is entrapped. When load requirements upon the generating plant are high, the meantime developed high pressure/temperature air/gas supply within the subterranean cavity is released to operate any suitably responsive turbine, or other engine driving electrical generating equipment so as to contribute to supply of the higher power demand.

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this article, an integrated power and attitude control system (IPACS) for spacecraft is described, which utilizes energy wheels for electrical energy storage as well as attitude control, and the system utilizes three gimbaled, control and energy-momentum gyros in a planar array.
Abstract: An integrated power and attitude control system (IPACS) for spacecraft is described. The system utilizes energy wheels for electrical energy storage as well as attitude control. Results from the feasibility studies of this concept are summarized and indicate potential weight and cost savings up to 30% over conventional power and control systems. The IP ACS advantage is particularly significant for the longer duration missions which have a large number of energy charge-discharge cycles and higher power requirements. A system for a shuttle-launched Research and Applications Module (RAM) free-flying observatory spacecraft is described. The system utilizes three gimbaled, control, and energy-momentum gyros in a planar array. Each gyro unit is rated at 2.4 kw and delivers 1095 w-hr of energy while maintaining control angular momentum above 1115 N-m-sec. Dynamic response of combined power and control functions was evaluated by digital simulations which included significant nonlinearities and a symmetrical energy distribution law. Simulation data indicate that spacecraft attitude control response is similar to that achieved without the superposition of energy wheel speed changes and is essentially uncoupled from that of the faster power control loop. Both power and control dynamics are well regulated. A NUMBER of spacecraft designs have been develxmoped for the missions of the shuttle era. Most of these require subsystems with lifetimes of 5-7 yr to meet cost effectiveness goals. Pointing requirements below 0.25° are common, with specific scientific missions requiring experiment pointing to 1 arc sec. Momentum storage devices normally are used to provide control torques for long-life missions where control thruster propellant weights and valve life test costs prove excessive. The choice of momentum storage is reinforced, or even required, in several missions where mass expulsion contaminants are prohibited by experiment viewing requirements or where fine pointing stability and slewing is required. The significant impact of the long-life requirement on the electrical power system design is in the sizing of components rather than in the type of system selected. This is because nearly all systems postulated utilize solar arrays for electrical power generation and secondary batteries for electrochemical energy storage. The batteries prove to be the heaviest components of advanced spacecraft solar power systems. The weight of the batteries is determined by the rated energy densities and their inherent characteristic of decreasing life with increased depth-of-discharge and charge-discharge rate. Thus, for a specific energy storage requirement, the designer's major option for increasing battery life is that of increasing the size or number of battery cells thereby decreasing the depth of discharge. As a result, batteries and their controllers commonly constitute 30-40% of an electrical power system weight. Developments of recent years1'2 have shown that flywheels designed to store energy can provide higher energy densities than can be expected from several conventional spacecraft electrochemical devices. In spacecraft applications, parity in energy density between the energy wheel and battery subsystems may result in significant advantage to the energy wheel system. This is because many spacecraft designs currently employ flywheels in momentum storage attitude control systems which approximate the weight of energy wheels.


Patent
06 May 1975
TL;DR: In this paper, a method and apparatus for producing electricity utilizing a foam formed from ocean water at ambient temperatures was presented, which utilized the enthalpy released by a rising foam to generate the power to drive a turbine for power export.
Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing electricity utilizing a foam formed from ocean water at ambient temperatures. The method and apparatus utilize the enthalpy released by a rising foam to generate the power to drive a turbine for power export.

Patent
16 Jun 1975
TL;DR: In this article, a branch line combiner is used to transmit electric power from a typical building by lead-in wires and distributed throughout the building by branch lines from which only a fraction of such power is available at each existing branch outlet, is re-combined in an electric branch-line combiner.
Abstract: Electric power, transmitted to a typical building by lead-in wires and distributed throughout the building by branch lines from which only a fraction of such power is available at each existing branch outlet, is re-combined in an electric branch-line combiner which incorporates two or more electric input plugs, that fit into and receive power from two or more selected branch outlets, and contactor-selector means which relate voltage polarities and phases of the interconnected branch outlets and input plugs and channel the combined power transmitted through such two or more plugs into a single combiner outlet.

Patent
25 Sep 1975
TL;DR: In this paper, a co-ordinated control system for a nuclear power producing unit having a pressurized water reactor, a plurality of once through steam generators through which the coolant from the reactor is circulated in parallel, and a turbine generator supplied steam from the steam generators for the production of electric power.
Abstract: A co-ordinated control system for a nuclear power producing unit having a pressurized water reactor, a plurality of once through steam generators through which the coolant from the reactor is circulated in parallel, and a turbine generator supplied steam from the steam generators for the production of electric power.

ReportDOI
04 Feb 1975
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide formulas and data for evaluating coupling of the high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to electric power systems and to facilities served with commercial electric power.
Abstract: : The handbook provides formulas and data for evaluating coupling of the high-altitude EMP to electric power systems and to facilities served with commercial electric power. The subjects covered include coupling to power transmission and distribution lines, transient coupling through transformers, lightning-arrester firing characteristics, and coupling through the service entrance. Grounding, EMP protective measures, and testing are also discussed. The emphasis of the handbook is on the EMP effects of concern to the power user, but much of the information contained in the handbook can also be used to evaluate the effects of the EMP on electric power systems.

Journal ArticleDOI
01 Nov 1975
TL;DR: The major technological requirements for fusion power, as implied by current conceptual designs of fusion power plants, are elucidated and assessed in this paper, where the four fusion reactor concepts which have been most thoroughly considered in these design studies are described; they are the mirror, the theta-pinch, the tokamak, and the laser-pellet concepts.
Abstract: The major technological requirements for fusion power, as implied by current conceptual designs of fusion power plants, are elucidated and assessed As the point of departure, the four fusion reactor concepts which have been most thoroughly considered in these design studies are described; they are the mirror, the theta-pinch, the tokamak, and the laser-pellet concepts The required technology is discussed relative to three principal areas of concern: 1) the power balance, that is, the unique power-handling requirements associated with the production of electrical power by fusion; 2) reactor design, focusing primarly on the requirements imposed by a tritium-based fuel cycle, thermal-hydraulic considerations, and magnet systems; and 3) materials considerations, including surface erosion, radiation effects, materials compatibility, and neutron-induced activation The major conclusions are summarized in a final section where it is noted that research and development programs have been initiated to satisfy the technological requirements associated with the realization of commercial fusion power

01 Jan 1975
TL;DR: A detailed methodology for the assessment of thermodynamic and economic efficiency of combined dry-wet mechanical draft cooling towers for large electric power plants is developed in this article, where operating costs are considered along with capital costs in the economic analysis.
Abstract: A detailed methodology for the assessment of thermodynamic and economic efficiency of combined dry-wet mechanical draft cooling towers for large electric power plants is developed. Operating costs are considered along with capital costs in the economic analysis. The application of the methodology is demonstrated for wet cooling towers as well as three different configurations of combined dry-wet towers. (GRA)

Patent
10 Oct 1975
TL;DR: In this paper, an electric power generating device consisting of a speed-reducer mounted between the engine and a transmission shaft and a turbo-alternator set driven by the energy taken from said exhaust gases and the turbine of which is operatively connected to said reducer through a reversible transmission system with variable speed keyed in follow-up relationship to the speed variations of said transmission shaft is described.
Abstract: An electric power generating device recovering the energy of the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, comprising a speed-reducer mounted between the engine and a transmission shaft and a turbo-alternator set driven by the energy taken from said exhaust gases and the turbine of which is operatively connected to said reducer through a reversible transmission system with variable speed keyed in follow-up relationship to the speed variations of said transmission shaft.

Patent
Adam Hirt1, Herbert Roderer1
14 Feb 1975
TL;DR: In this article, a permanent magnet field generator having a plurality of armature windings has loads, for example the main headlight connected, in series with a control switch, across all the armature power supply windings; one of those windings had, additionally, the tail-light connected in series therewith, and in advance of the switch connection, so that upon burn-out of the main load (for example the headlight) no excess voltage peaks will develop which also destroy the other load, such as the taillight.
Abstract: To supply electrical power to small motor vehicles such as motorcycles, motor scooters, snow-mobiles and the like, which do not have a battery, to energize separate loads such as headlights and tail-lights, a permanent magnet field generator having a plurality of armature windings has loads, for example the main headlight connected, in series with a control switch, across all the armature power supply windings; one of those power supply windings has, additionally, the tail-light connected in series therewith, and in advance of the switch connection, so that upon burn-out of the main load (for example the headlight) no excess voltage peaks will develop which also destroy the other load, for example the tail-light.

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, differences in the property rights which distinguish government-owned and privately-owned, government-regulated business firms imply that government owned electric utilities sell wholesale electric power at lower prices and buy it at higher prices than similarly-situated private firms.
Abstract: Differences in the property rights which distinguish government-owned and privately-owned, government-regulated business firms imply that government-owned electric utilities sell wholesale electric power at lower prices and buy it at higher prices than similarly-situated private firms. The hypotheses were tested using cross-section data. The results are generally favorable and suggest that the approach is fruitful.

Patent
09 Apr 1975
TL;DR: In this paper, an installation for feeding the electrical power supply system of motor vehicles which contains a generator, a battery as accumulator, and several loads is presented, and a thermionic converter operable by means of the fuel of the motor vehicle is thereby provided as generator.
Abstract: An installation for feeding the electrical power supply system of motor vehicles which contains a generator, a battery as accumulator, and several loads; a thermionic converter operable by means of the fuel of the motor vehicle is thereby provided as generator.