Advances in design of 50 kW solar power system

Collection of Technical Papers - 2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2019-2027

  Clark, Paul N ^a,d   Chen, Bryan H C ^a,d   Robertson, William H ^a,d   Streckert, Holger H ^a,e   King, William C ^a,e   Palisoc, Arthur L ^b,f   Neff, Brian W ^c,f  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b L'GARDE INC   (United States)

^c Neff Optics   (United States)

^d MS23T 101   (United States)

^e MS27 103   (Denmark)

^f MS23T 100A ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ENERGY STORAGE; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLASTIC FILMS; SATELLITES; THERMIONIC POWER GENERATION; WASTE HEAT;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE RADIATORS; MEDIUM EARTH ORBITS (MEO); SOLAR FLUX; VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 20344396395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-5777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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6. M. Martinez, O. Izhvanov, J. Desplat, T. Heffernan, W. Robertson, H. Strecken, "Fabrication and Test of a Cylindrical Inverted Multi-Cell (CIM) Thermionic Converter for Solar Power Systems", Space Technology and Applications International Forum - 2005, (to be published).