Central-station electric power for spacecraft has been explored conceptually for over two decades as a solution to the economic delivery of high power levels over long periods of time. However, all spacecraft designs to date have been based on the use of onboard supplies - solar, nuclear, and chemical - because the total space power demand has not yet reached the levels at which dedicated space power depots would be economically viable. Nevertheless, the growth in projected power demand for the next several decades could warrant the use of such dedicated space-based powerplants. This paper examines and assess the various technological options for space power generation and transmission and the system considerations associated with the space-based central-power-station concept.
Central-station electric power for spacecraft
Technologische Möglichkeiten für Weltraumkraftwerke und Energieübertragungsverfahren für die zentrale Energieversorgung von Raumfahrzeugen
Space Power ; 8 , 1/2 ; 179-198
1989
20 Seiten, 3 Tabellen, 70 Quellen
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
Central station electric power for railroad operation
Engineering Index Backfile | 1912
|Central station power for electric railways in Chicago
Engineering Index Backfile | 1912
|Central-station electric vehicles accounting
Engineering Index Backfile | 1911
|Technologies for spacecraft electric power systems
AIAA | 1996
|Power conditioning suitable for electric spacecraft
AIAA | 1969
|