Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Power Systems Committee
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • A. Selection of Power Systems
  • Survey of Space Power Requirementsâ€?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 ApplicationsHydrogen-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 SourceCapability 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 CoatingsSpectral 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 TubesMaterials 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