Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions.

Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
Subjects:
High technology.
Space vehicles > Nuclear power plants.
Space vehicles > Auxiliary power supply.
Space vehicles > Propulsion systems.
High technology
Space vehicles > Auxiliary power supply
Space vehicles > Nuclear power plants
Space vehicles > Propulsion systems
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""2 Space Power Requirements and Selection Criteria ""; ""OVERVIEW OF SPACE-BASED POWER REQUIREMENTS""; ""SDI Power Requirements for Housekeeping, Alert, and Burst Modes""; ""Requirements of Military Missions Other than SDI""; ""Requirements of Civil Missions""; ""Commonality of Requirements Among Civil and Military Missions""; ""APPROACHES TOWARD SELECTING SPACE POWER TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET SDI REQUIREMENTS""; ""Critical Issue Areas""; ""System Considerations""
  • ""Qualification of Power-Conditioning Subsystems and Components""""Influence of SDI Survivability and Vulnerability Criteria""; ""Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendation""; ""3 Space Power System Options and Selection Constraints ""; ""SUMMARY OF AVAILABLE SPACE POWER SYSTEM OPTIONS""; ""Nonnuclear Power for Orbital Use""; ""Photovoltaic Space Power Systems""; ""Solar-Dynamic Power""; ""Chemical Space Power Systems""; ""Magnetohydrodynamic Space Power Systems""; ""Nuclear Power for Use in Space""; ""Nuclear Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Considerations""
  • ""Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators""""Dynamic Isotope Power Sources""; ""SP-100 Space Nuclear Reactor System""; ""Smaller Nuclear Space Reactor Systems""; ""Multimegawatt Nuclear Space Reactor System Designs""; ""Other Advanced Nuclear Systems""; ""Finding, Conclusion, and Recommendation""; ""Ground-Based Power Beamed to Orbit""; ""Finding and Recommendation""; ""Co-Orbiting Power Sources""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS INFLUENCING THE SELECTION OF SPACE POWER SYSTEMS""; ""The Natural Space Environment""; ""Orbital Environmental Impacts""; ""Conclusion and Recommendation""
  • ""4 Needed Technological Advances in Space Power Subsystems to Meet SDI Requirements """"IMPLICATIONS OF SDI SPACE POWER ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM STUDIES FOR ADVANCES NEEDED IN POWER SUBSYSTEMS""; ""ADVANCES NEEDED IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY""; ""ADVANCES NEEDED IN POWER-CONDITIONING AND PULSE-GENERATING TECHNOLOGIES""; ""Superconducting Materials""; ""Component Technology""; ""FINDINGS, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATION""; ""5 Approaches Toward Achieving Advances in Critical Power Technologies ""; ""ADVANCING THERMAL-MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES""
  • ""Heat-Rejection Considerations""""Survivability Considerations""; ""ADVANCING POWER-CONDITIONING COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES""; ""Advancing the Design of Conductors""; ""Normal Conductors""; ""Superconductors""; ""Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage""; ""ADVANCEMENT POTENTIAL OF TECHNOLOGY FOR DYNAMIC POWER-CONVERSION CYCLES""; ""Advancement Potential for Alternator Technology""; ""Advancing the State of the Art in Power System Components""; ""MATERIALS ADVANCES REQUIRED FOR THE EVOLVING SPACE POWER TECHNOLOGIES""; ""Magnetic Materials""; ""Insulators""

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