Space power systems engineering
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Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York, |
Publication Dates: | 1966. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Progress in astronautics and aeronautics,
v. 16 |
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00796050/16 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xix, 1302 pages) illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9781600862717 1600862713 9781483230566 1483230562 |
Index Number: | TL507 |
CLC: | V43 |
Contents: |
""COVER ""; ""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS COMMITTEE""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""I. REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS""; ""I.1 Nuclear Requirements and Applications""; ""Radioisotope Power Systems for Manned Space Stations""; ""Application of SNAP Powerplants for the Lunar Base Mission""; ""Nuclear Electric Power for Manned Space Stations""; ""Application of Nuclear Electric Propulsion to Unmanned Scientific Probe Missions""; ""Electrical Propulsion for Space Missions: Planning Considerations"" ""A Critical Discussion on the Planning Considerations of Electric Propulsion for Space Missions""""Followed by discussion by Benjamin Pinkel""; ""Nuclear-Electric Power Requirements for Electric Rockets""; ""I. 2 Solar and Chemical Requirements and Applications""; ""Multikilowatt Solar Cell Power Systems""; ""Estimate of Solar-Thermionic System Performance""; ""Auxiliary Power Generating System for a Large Space Laboratory""; ""Electrical Power Generation System Requirements for a Logistics Spacecraft""; ""Power Systems Comparison for Manned Space Station Applications"" ""Preliminary Study of Thermal Integration of Electrical Power and Lifes Support Systems for Manned Space Vehicles""""Advanced Fuel Cell Applications for Space Missions""; ""II. NUCLEAR SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT""; ""II. 1 The SNAP 2, 8, and 10A Reactor Programs Progress Report""; ""SNAP 2, 8, and 10A Reactor Programs Progress Report""; ""II. 2 Nuclear Dynamic Systems""; ""Application of the Brayton Cycle to Nuclear Electric Space Power Systems""; ""Status of SNAP-8 Electrical Generating System""; ""Recent Developments in Meteoroid Protection for Space Power Systems"" ""The MPRE: A Boiling Potassium Reactor System""""The SNAP-50/SPUR Program""; ""A Summary of the SNAP Mercury Rankine System Status""; ""II. 3 Nuclear Thermoelectric Systems""; ""SNAP 9A a ? Significant Development Factors and Launch Approval""; ""SNAP 10A a ? A Status Report""; ""II. 4 Nuclear Thermionic Systems""; ""Multiple-Stage Thermionic Module""; ""An Engineering Evaluation of Advanced Nuclear Thermionic Space Powerplants""; ""Thermionic Double-Diode Fueled Converter""; ""Low-Power Isotope Thermionic Development Program (SNAP-13)""; ""III. SOLAR SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT"" ""III. 1 Solar Collectors""""Centrifugally Stabilized Deployable Solar Collectors""; ""Solar Concentrator Design and Construction""; ""III. 2 Solar Dynamic Systems""; ""Solar Dynamic Power Systems from 3 to 100 kw""; ""1.5-kw Solar Dynamic Space Power System""; ""Solar Brayton-Cycle Power-System Development""; ""Design Study of Solar Absorbers with Lithium Fluoride Heat Storage""; ""Development Status of Aluminum Solar Concentrators""; ""III. 3 Solar Thermoelectric Systems""; ""Solar Thermoelectric Power Conversion Coupled with Thermal Storage for Orbital Space Applications"" |