Dynamic capability of an operating stirling convertor

35th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 238-248

  Goodnight, Thomas W ^a   Hughes, William O ^a   McNelis, Mark E ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; NASA; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT; STIRLING CYCLE; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; ACCELEROMETERS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; SPACE RESEARCH;

DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; GLENN RESEARCH CENTER; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; RANDOM VIBRATION TESTING; SPACECRAFT POWER SYSTEMS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

DEMONSTRATIONS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

RADIOISOTOPE POWER SYSTEM; RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; SOLAR PROBE MISSIONS; STIRLING CONVERTOR;

EID: 0033695639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-2839     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. "Technology Demonstration of a Free-Piston Stirling Advanced Radioisotope Space Power System, " M. A. White, S. Qiu, R. W. Olan and R. M. Erbeznik, Proceedings for the Space Technology & Applications International Forum, (STAIF-99), Albuquerque, New Mexico, 30 January-4 February 1999.
2. "Technology Development for a Stirling Radioisotope Power System, " L. G. Thieme, S. Qiu, and M. A. White, NASA Technical Memorandum-2000-209791, March 2000.
3. "Vibration Test Plan to Characterize the TDC Stirling Engine for Future Technology Development, " approved by R. Furlong (DOE), M. White (STC), J. Schreiber (NASA GRC), and T. Goodnight (NASA GRC), November 23, 1999.
4. "Technology Demonstrator Convertor (TDC) Stirling Engine, Prototype Unit, Vibration Test Report, " S. Samorezov, NASA GRC Test Report SDL-TR 99-37, 24 January 2000.
5. "Vibration Testing of an Operating Stirling Convertor, " by W. O. Hughes, M. E. McNelis, T. W. Goodnight, Published in the Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, July 4-7, 2000.
6. "STC Convertor Disassembly and Inspection, " by L. Mason, NASA GRC memorandum, January 19, 2000.