ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS REFERENCE HANDBOOK. VOLUME I - GENERAL SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS

Abstract

An introduction is presented to subsequent volumes dealing with specific areas of power system technology. General topics useful in evaluating and rating power systems are discussed including the space environment and its effects; reliability considerations in systems design; figures of merit and their use in system evaluation; power needs of the future and the importance of developing power systems; and an estimate of expected system weights. Environmental effects include meteoroid bombardment, interplanetary and Van Allen corpuscular radiation, electromagnetic solar radiation, and vacuum. It is shown that the effort needed to guarantee high power system reliability may be too costly. The relative position of nuclear, chemical, and solar power systems in a power level-mission duration continuum is presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0257357

Entities

People

  • J.h. Fisher
  • W.r. Menetrey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Energy
  • Energy Conversion
  • Environment
  • Power Levels
  • Radiation
  • Reliability
  • Solar Energy
  • Solar Radiation
  • Space Environments
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space