Satellite power system :
concept development and evaluation program.
Volume IV,
Energy conversion and power management.

Description

Related Names

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center.

Language(s)

English

Published

Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ; 1981.

Subjects

Rankine cycle.
Photovoltaic cells.
Microwave transmission.
Evaluation.
Energy conversion.
Solar power satellites.
Solar cells.
Satellite solar power stations.
Satellite solar energy conversion.
Power conditioning.
Management.
Brayton cycle.

Summary

Analyses performed for the satellite power system (SPS) reference system concept are presented. The reference concept together with descriptions of energy conversion, power distribution, and power management for solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, and concept comparisons are reviewed. Studies on energy conversion and power management (environmental impacts, annealing, nuclear SPS concept, and thermionic) are also reported.

Note

NASA TM-58237"--Report documentation page.
"November 1981"--Cover.

Physical Description

1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm.

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