Developmental considerations on the free-piston stirling power converter for use in space

Collection of Technical Papers - 4th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 157-183

  Schreiber, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Thermal Energy Conversion Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; RADIOISOTOPE POWER SYSTEMS; ROTARY ALTERNATORS; STIRLING POWER CONVERTERS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; FREE PISTON ENGINES; POWER CONVERTERS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE FLIGHT;

STIRLING ENGINES;

EID: 33751398191     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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