SPACECRAFT ELECTRIC GENERATING AND PROPULSION SYSTEM INTEGRATION

Abstract

Initial work has been devoted to optimization of (1) nuclear space power plant-transmission line system, and (2) a space power plant condensing radiator panel. The process of solving these two problems has served to clarify the capabilities of the two computer programs comprising LEADER and to identify the various procedural elements which must be performed in order to achieve effective utilization of the LEADER technique. These procedural elements are being described in a User's Manual in order to facilitiate the application of leader to subsequent problems. Generating and accumulating basic design data on the major sub-systems for 350 KW arc jet and 1 MW ion engine power-propulsion systems has continued. Design procedures and performance characteristics were established for the turbine, and generator subsystems. The task of formulating the analytical model of these sub-systems was initiated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 1962
Accession Number
AD0296784

Entities

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Arm Bones
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Depth
  • Factorial Design
  • Flux Density
  • Generators
  • Governments
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • New York
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster