Method and system for high efficiency electricity generation using low energy thermal heat generation and thermionic devices - WO 2013170244 A2
ABSTRACT: A system and method are provided for generating electric power from relatively low temperature energy sources at efficiency levels not previously available. The present system and method employ recent advances in low energy nuclear reaction technology and thermionic/thermotunneling device technology first to generate heat and then to convert a substantial portion of the heat generated to usable electrical power. Heat may be generated by a LENR system employing nuclear reactions that occur in readily available materials at ambient temperatures without a high energy input requirement and do not produce radioactive byproducts. The heat generated by the LENR system may be transferred through one or more thermionic converter devices in heat transfer relationship with the LENR system to generate electric power. https://www.google.com/patents/WO2013170244A2 Here is a paper presumably co-authored by one of the inventors: "Observation of quantum interference effect in solids" http://scitation.aip.org/content/avs/journal/jvstb/24/3/10.1116/1.2198856 - also available in preprint from Arxiv URL - http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0807/0807.2747.pdf
