Survey of Current and Next Generation Space Power Technologies

Abstract

As part of an ongoing effort to improve responsiveness of power systems to meet future mission needs in space, an independent survey of conventional and emerging power technology options has been conducted. In this paper, all power technology options, both generation and storage, have been organized, using figures of merit relevant to space systems, to provide a basis for more effectively matching power technology options to future mission requirements. The goal was to initially organize technologies based on overall energy content normalized to mass and volume at the component level as a generic means for comparison, recognizing that if mission specific features, such as system level packaging and integration designs, were included in this initial survey, a certain level of bias would have been introduced into the results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 26, 2006
Accession Number
ADA458808

Entities

People

  • B. Lanning
  • Daniel C. Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Electric Power Production
  • Energy
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Energy Storage
  • Hybrid Power
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Semiconductors
  • Solar Cells
  • Solar Energy
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Storage Batteries
  • Warehouses

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites