Satellite Power System: Concept Development and Evaluation Program. Volume 4: Energy Conversion and Power Management

摘要

Additional analyses that were performed to supplement the NASA/Department of Energy (DOE) Satellite Power System (SPS) reference system concept are presented in this volume. A brief review of the reference concept is provided together with detailed descriptions of energy conversion, power distribution, and power management for solar photovoltaics (silicon and gallium arsenide), solar thermal (Brayton and Rankine cycles), and concept comparisons (solar thermal and energy conversion). Results of other studies concerning energy conversion and power management (environmental impacts, annealing, nuclear SPS concept, and thermionic) are included. The data presented were taken from the SPS Concept Definition Studies performed under the direction of NASA by Rockwell International Corporation and Boeing Aerospace Company.