Power systems for space flight : a selection of technical papers based mainly on the American Rocket Society Space Power Systems Conference held at Santa Monica, California, September 25-28, 1962

Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Volume 11: Power Systems for Space Flight covers certain major technical areas of space electric power. This book is organized into four parts encompassing 43 chapters that specifically tackle the selection of power systems; chemical power systems; solar power systems; heat transfer, storage, and rejection. The opening part examines the basic criteria governing the selection of space power systems for specific applications. These systems range from the very limited power requirements of a ballistic space test through the potential goals of life support in lunar exploration to the long-rage goal of electric power systems for vehicle propulsion. The second part presents the dynamics of chemical power systems, in which in which a high-temperature working fluid is employed, and static systems, such as the battery and fuel cell, in which reversible electrochemical processes are involved. The third part discusses the operative systems using photovoltaic cells and explores technological developments leading to advanced thermoelectric and thermionic static conversion systems and the larger conversion systems employing rotating machinery. This part also provides a series of papers on solar concentrators, requisite for obtaining the required high temperatures, as well as thermionic and dynamic solar power systems. The final part on heat transfer, storage, and rejection covers the space power system from energy source to waste-heat rejecting radiators. Several papers in this part describe the characteristics of alkali metal heat transfer and radiator surface conditioning. Finally, a series of papers on meteoroid penetration leads to discussions of specific radiator designs. Content: Progress in ASTRONAUTICS and ROCKETRY , Pages iii-iv Front Matter , Page v Copyright , Page v THE POWER SYSTEMS COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY: (Predecessor of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) , Pages vii-viii PREFACE , Pages ix-x , Morris A. Zipkin, Russell N. Edwards ACKNOWLEDGMENTS , Page xi , G.C. Szego SURVEY OF SPACE POWER REQUIREMENTS–1962 TO 1976 , Pages 3-13 , William R. Corliss THE NASA NUCLEAR ELECTRIC POWER PROGRAM , Pages 15-27 , Fred Schulman POWERPLANT CONSIDERATION FOR AN ARC-JET SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEM , Pages 29-53 , M.M. Chen, R.R. John, J.F. Connors FUEL CELL, SOLAR CELL, AND CHEMICAL DYNAMIC POWER SYSTEMS COMPARISON , Pages 55-80 , H.A. Schulte Jr., J.H. Tarter, R.G. Roble POWER SUPPLIES FOR MOBILE LUNAR VEHICLES , Pages 81-103 , Raymond G. Roble, Hwei-Kai Hsi, George T. Burton DYNAMIC: HIGH PERFORMANCE, SHORT TIME DURATION, MHD GENERATOR SYSTEM , Pages 107-136 , A. Sherman PISTON ENGINE DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATES ADVANTAGES FOR SPACE POWER APPLICATIONS , Pages 137-163 , N.E. Morgan, B.F. Dittman HYDROGEN-OXYGEN FUEL CELL SYSTEM FOR SPACE VEHICLES , Pages 165-181 , R.H. Shaw, R.A. Thompson DEVELOPMENT OF CATALYTIC HYDROGEN-OXYGEN REACTION CHAMBERS FOR SPACE POWER SYSTEMS , Pages 183-210 , Richard N. Bailey STATIC: SEALED NICKEL-CADMIUM, SILVER-CADMIUM, AND SILVER-ZINC BATTERIES , Pages 211-219 , Paul J. Rappaport, Arthur M. Frink Jr. HERMETICALLY SEALED NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERIES FOR THE ORBITING ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY SATELLITE , Pages 221-239 , R.C. Shair, W. Gray USE OF A SEALED SILVER CADMIUM BATTERY ON EXPLORER XII , Pages 241-247 , T.J. Hennigan, A.O. Apelt THE BATTERY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL IONOSPHERE SATELLITE ARIEL I , Pages 249-260 , Eugene R. Stroup ELECTRICALLY REGENERATIVE HYDROGEN-OXYGEN FUEL CELLS , Pages 261-268 , Harvey A. Frank FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE USE OF A HIGH-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL AS A SPACE POWER SOURCE , Pages 269-278 , C.G. Peattie, I. Trachtenberg, B.H. Barbee, K.W. Kreiselmaier, S.G. Parker, A.H. White CAPABILITY OF THE CADMIUM-SILVER OXIDE SYSTEM , Pages 279-285 , J.F. Dittmann SOLAR CELLS: TELSTAR SATELLITE POWER SYSTEM , Pages 289-308 , Robert E.D. Anderson, Edward A. Hake, David Feldman DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATOR , Pages 309-333 , Donald H. McClelland THIN FILM CdS FRONT WALL SOLAR CELLS , Pages 335-349 , F.A. Shirland, T.A. Griffin, G.H. Dierssen A MODULAR SOLAR THERMOELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM , Pages 351-368 , Ronald Lang, Barry Lubin FLAT PLATE SOLAR THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR SYSTEM CONCEPT , Pages 369-377 , Charles W. Glassburn HEAT TRANSFER PARAMETERS: ALKALI METAL TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER FOR SPACE POWER: PRESENT STATUS , Pages 381-399 , R.D. Brooks, S.G. Sawochka EMITTANCE OF MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR USE AS SPACECRAFT RADIATOR COATINGS , Pages 401-425 , W.H. Askwyth, R.J. Hayes, G. Mikk SPECTRAL AND DIRECTIONAL THERMAL RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SURFACES FOR HEAT REJECTION BY RADIATION , Pages 427-446 , D.K. Edwards, R.D. Roddick ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS: LITHIUM HYDRIDE STORAGE UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SUNFLOWER SYSTEM , Pages 447-460 , R.A. McKinnon ENERGY STORAGE IN SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC COILS , Pages 461-474 , William F. Hassel RADIATOR DESIGN PARAMETERS: ANALYSIS OF A MEGAWATT LEVEL DIRECT CONDENSER-RADIATOR , Pages 475-504 , Richard P. Krebs, David M. Winch, Seymour Lieblein SPUR HIGH-TEMPERATURE SPACE RADIATOR , Pages 505-533 , Keneth O. Parker, Robert A. Stone THERMIONIC RADIATOR SYSTEM , Pages 535-549 , Keith E. Buck METEOROID PROTECTION FOR SPACE RADIATORS , Pages 551-579 , I.J. Loeffler, Seymour Lieblein, Nestor Clough PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON EFFECTS OF HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT ON SPACE RADIATOR TUBES , Pages 581-625 , J.W. Gehring, S. Lieblein MATERIALS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN OF RADIATORS FOR SPACE POWERPLANTS , Pages 627-653 , James H. Diedrich, Seymour Lieblein SOLAR CONCENTRATORS: STATUS OF SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR TECHNOLOGY , Pages 655-668 , Atwood R. Heath Jr. CALIBRATION OF SOLAR CONCENTRATOR FOR POWER SYSTEM RESEARCH , Pages 669-685 , Floyd A. Blake INFLATABLE FOAM-RIGIDIZED APPROACH TO SOLAR CONCENTRATORS , Pages 687-711 , Robert Iyman, James E. Houmard MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR SPACE SOLAR REFLECTORS , Pages 713-732 , R.D. Tyler, R.B. McClure SOLAR THERMIONIC: CESIUM THERMIONIC CONVERTERS AND GENERATORS FOR SOLAR SPACE POWER SYSTEMS , Pages 733-761 , Pierre J. Brosens, Sotiris S. Kitrilakis PERFORMANCE TEST OF A CUBICAL CAVITY SOLAR THERMIONIC GENERATOR , Pages 763-790 , W.J. Leovic, M.W. Mueller, C.G. Stevenson THERMIONIC CAVITY GENERATOR DEVELOPMENT , Pages 791-822 , David L. Purdy PERFORMANCE OF CESIUM THERMIONIC DIODES OPERATED IN SERIES-PARALLEL CIRCUITS , Pages 823-844 , J.W. HOLLAND SOLAR DYNAMIC: SUNFLOWER THERMODYNAMIC POWER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT STATUS , Pages 845-867 , J.A. Rudy, J.W. Picking SPACE DEMONSTRATION OF A RANKINE CYCLE SPACE POWER SYSTEM , Pages 869-890 , George E. Thompson, Floyd E. Creasey, Robert L. Cummings 15-kw ADVANCED SOLAR TURBO-ELECTRIC CONCEPT , Pages 891-915 , Kenneth E. Nichols ELECTROSTATIC POWER GENERATORS FOR SPACE , Pages 917-939 , C. Coenraads, A.S. Denholm, J.E. Lavelle, F.J. McCoy CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 11 , Pages 941-943