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Space Power Systems Engineering
- 1st Edition - July 10, 2014
- Editors: George C. Szego, J. Edward Taylor
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 6 9 1 - 5
Space Power Systems Engineering is a collection of papers dealing with the requirements for space power systems, system design, component research, the problems of application to… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSpace Power Systems Engineering is a collection of papers dealing with the requirements for space power systems, system design, component research, the problems of application to spacecraft, and the development of a variety of space electric power systems. Some papers discuss nuclear power systems development, including nuclear reactors, nuclear dynamic systems, nuclear thermoelectric systems, and nuclear thermionic systems. Several papers tackle solar systems development, including solar collectors, solar dynamic systems, solar thermoelectric systems, chemical fuel cell systems, and chemical primary battery systems. A magnetohydrodynamic power system can be utilized for space electric generation. Power conversion or conditioning involves the interface between raw electric power and the on-board consumption of that electric power. One paper cites an application of a potential power system: particularly the engine development in a power package which includes a single-cylinder engine, generator, gas compressor, and recuperator. Some design considerations for the engine include an operation with an 0-H mixture of 2 to 1 obtained either from supercritical tankage or in the form of helium-diluted boil-off gases; a power level of 2-kw average, 3-kw maximum; and an uninterrupted life of 350 hr. The collection can prove immensely beneficial for nuclear engineers, aeronautical engineers, chemists, researchers, or technical designers whose works are related with energy conversion and space power systems.
Electric Power Systems Committee
Preface
Acknowledgments
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
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 Thermoelectric Systems
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 - Significant Development Factors and Launch Approval
SNAP 10A - A Status Report
11.4 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)
Leonard Topper
III. Solar Systems Development
III.1 Solar Collectors
Centrifugally Stabilized Deployable Solar Collectors
Solar Concentrator Design and Construction
III.2 Solar Dynamic 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
Experiments on Radiant Energy Conversion Using Thin Dielectric Films
III.4 Solar Thermionic Systems
NASA Solar Concentrator Development
Status Report on Solar Thermionic Power Systems
Solar Thermionic Power Systems Development
III.5 Solar Photovoltaic Systems
Large Area Solar Cell Array
State of the Art in Solar Cell Arrays for Space Electricl Power
IV. Chemical Systems Development
IV.1 Chemical Fuel Cell Systems
Chemical and Electrical Engineering of Fuel Cell Systems
5-kw Hydrocarbon-Air Fuel Cell Power Source
Reliability-Engineering of Fuel Cells for Space Power
Engineering and Economic Aspects of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Systems
Systems Engineering of Fuel Cell Powerplants
IV.2 Chemical Primary Battery Systems
Sealed Silver- Zinc Batteries
New Primary Battery Systems
Thermal Analysis of Hermetically Sealed Nickel-Cadmium Cells for Space Applications
Auxiliary Electrode Space Cells
IV.3 Chemical Dynamic Systems
Advanced Continuous Duty Power Supply for Space Vehicles
Intermittent Flow Turbine Power System
Hypergolic Fueled Reciprocating Space Power Unit
Development of Hydrogen-Oxygen Fueled 3-kw Internal-Combustion Engine
IV.4 Power Conversion Systems
Power System Analysis and Optimization Using Advanced Voltage Regulation Techniques
Power Conditioning Development for Ion Engines
V.MHD Power Systems for Space
Liquid-Metal MHD Power Conversion
Contributors to Volume 16
- No. of pages: 1322
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 10, 2014
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483276915
JT
J. Edward Taylor
J. Edward Taylor is a professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis. He is a Fellow of both the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Ed co-authored the award-winning book Beyond Experiments in Development Economics: Local Economy-wide Impact Evaluation (Oxford University Press, 2014), Essentials of Development Economics (University of California Press, 2015), Essentials of Applied Econometrics (University of California Press, 2016) and Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium (Oxford University Press, 2005). He is listed in Who’s Who in Economics as one of the world’s most cited economists. Ed has advised numerous foreign governments and international development agencies on matters related to economic development, and he has been an editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, USARead Space Power Systems Engineering on ScienceDirect