GAS-DRIVEN ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE

Abstract

A study was performed to determine the economic and technical feasibility of generating 1,000,000 kw of electrical power for 20 hr by using a rocket engine to drive a turbo-electric generator. Equations were derived for the technical characteristics and cost of each major component of the power generation system, including storage tanks, propellants, gas gener-ATION SYSTEM, INCLUDING STORAGE TANKS, PROPELLANTS, GAS GENERATION SYSTEM, TURBINE, AND ELECTRICAL GENERATOR. The system parameters were optimized on the basis of the lowest cost, practicable system (hardware plus propellant costs) for 20 hr of total operating life. The results show that the system studied is technically feasible and that the first prototype system will cost $25,000,000 after an experimental program costing $400,000 and a system development program, using full-scale components, costing $47,000,000.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0257513

Entities

Organizations

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electric Generators
  • Energy Systems
  • Engines
  • Equations
  • Generators
  • Propellants
  • Prototypes
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Storage Tanks

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis