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Author ARS Space Power Systems Conference (1960 : Santa Monica, Calif.)

Title Space power systems : a selection of technical papers based mainly on a symposium of the American Rocket Society / edited by Nathan W. Snyder
Published New York : Academic Press, 1961

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 632 pages) : illustrations
Series Progress in astronautics and rocketry ; v. 4
Progress in astronautics and rocketry ; v. 4.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Power Systems Committee -- Preface -- Contents -- A. Solar Systems -- Solar Cell Power Systems for Space Vehicles -- Solar Cell Power System for Advent -- Ranger Spacecraft Power System -- Power Supply for the Tiros I Meteorological Satellite -- Development of the Power Supply for the Transit Satellite -- Solar Panel Design Considerations -- An Analysis of Mirror Accuracy Requirements for Solar Power Plants -- Solar Concentrators for High Temperature Space Power Systems -- Solar-Thermionic Electric Power System
Preliminary Design and Performance Evaluation Study of a Solar-Thermoelectric Flat Plate GeneratorSolar Concentration Associated with the Stirling Engine -- Sunflower Power Conversion System -- B. Nuclear Systems -- The Snap II Concept -- Status of the Snap II Reactor -- Snap II Power Conversion Status -- Snap II Radiative-Condenser Design -- Snap II System and Vehicle Integration -- Snap Thermoelectric Systems -- Shield Design for Snap Reactors -- Evaluation of Snap Safety for Space Reactor Application
The Experimental and Analytical Programs for Re-entry Burnup of Snap ReactorsThe Application of Snap Units in Current Space Vehicles -- Problems Associated with the Development of a Thermionic Conversion Reactor -- Nuclear Reactor-Thermionic Space Power Systems -- Dynamic Versus Direct Conversion -- Boiling vs Non-Boiling Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors in Rankine Cycle Space Power Plants -- Thirteen-Watt Isotope-Powered Thermoelectric Generators for Space and Lunar Impact Missions -- Optimized Snap III Power Generator Design for Spacecraft
Safety Analyses and Tests of a Radioisotope Powered Thermoelectric GeneratorC. Chemical Systems -- Chemical-Mechanical Space Power Systems -- Cryogenic Tankage for Chemical Space Power Systems -- D. Power Requirements -- Power Requirements of the NASA Space Program -- Flight Vehicle Power Forecasts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Space vehicles -- Electric equipment -- Congresses
Solar batteries -- Congresses
Thermoelectric apparatus and appliances -- Congresses
Solar batteries.
Space vehicles -- Electric equipment.
Thermoelectric apparatus and appliances.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Snyder, Nathan W., editor
ISBN 9781600862595
1600862594
9780123957009
0123957001