Power system concepts for the lunar outpost: A review of the power generation, energy storage, Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) system requirements and potential technologies for development of the lunar outpost

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 813, Issue , 2006, Pages 1083-1092

  Khan, Z ^a   Vranis, A ^a   Zavoico, A ^a   Freid, S ^a   Manners, B ^b  

^a BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lunar base; Photovoltaic; Power systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751226302     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2169289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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