Power Systems For Space Flight.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (960 pages)
- Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics .
- Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Power Systems Committee -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- A. Selection of Power Systems -- Survey of Space Power Requirements-1962 to 1976 -- The NASA Nuclear Electric Power Program -- Powerplant Consideration for an Arc-Jet Space Propulsion System -- Fuel Cell, Solar Cell, and Chemical Dynamic Power Systems Comparison -- Power Supplies for Mobile Lunar Vehicles -- B. Chemical Power Systems -- Dynamic -- High Performance, Short Time Duration, MHD Generator System -- Piston Engine Development Demonstrates Advantages for Space Power Applications -- Hydrogen-Oxygen Fuel Cell System for Space Vehicles -- Development of Catalytic Hydrogen-Oxygen Reaction Chambers for Space Power Systems -- Static -- Sealed Nickel-Cadmium, Silver-Cadmium, and Silver-Zinc Batteries -- Hermetically Sealed Nickel-Cadmium Batteries for the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Satellite -- Use of a Sealed Silver Cadmium Battery on Explorer XII -- The Battery for the International Ionosphere Satellite Ariel I -- Electrically Regenerative Hydrogen-Oxygen Fuel Cell -- Factors Involved in the Use of a High-Temperature Fuel Cell as a Space Power Source -- Capability of the Cadmium-Silver Oxide System -- C. Solar Power Systems -- Solar Cells -- Telstar Satellite Power System -- Development of a Concentrating Photovoltaic Power Generator -- Thin Film CdS Front Wall Solar Cells -- Modular Solar Thermoelectric Power Supply System -- Flat Plate Solar Thermoelectric Generator System Concept -- D. Heat Transfer, Storage, and Rejection -- Heat Transfer Parameters -- Alkali Metal Two-Phase Heat Transfer for Space Power: Present Status -- Emittance of Materials Suitable for Use as Spacecraft Radiator Coatings -- Spectral and Directional Thermal Radiation Characteristics of Surfaces for Heat Rejection by Radiation -- Energy Storage Systems. Lithium Hydride Storage Unit Development for the Sunflower System -- Energy Storage in Superconducting Magnetic Coils -- Radiator Design Parameters -- Analysis of a Megawatt Level Direct Condenser-Radiator -- Spur High-Temperature Space Radiator -- Thermionic Radiator System -- Meteoroid Protection for Space Radiators -- Preliminary Results on Effects of Hypervelocity Impact on Space Radiator Tubes -- Materials Problems Associated with the Design of Radiators for Space Powerplants -- E. High-Temperature Power Systems -- Solar Concentrators -- Status of Solar Energy Collector Technology -- Calibration of Solar Concentrator for Power System Research -- Inflatable Foam-Rigidized Approach to Solar Concentrators -- Materials and Construction Techniques for Space Solar Reflectors -- Solar Thermionic -- Cesium Thermionic Converters and Generators for Solar Space Power Systems -- Performance Test of a Cubical Cavity Solar Thermionic Generator -- Thermionic Cavity Generator Development -- Performance of Cesium Thermionic Diodes Operated in Series-Parallel Circuits -- Solar Dynamic -- Sunflower Thermodynamic Power System Development Status -- Space Demonstration of a Rankine Cycle Space Power System -- 15-kw Advanced Solar Turbo-Electric Concept -- Electrostatic Power Generators for Space -- Contributors to Volume 11.