Metal hydride heat storage technology for directed energy weapon systems

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages 961-969

  Park, Chanwoo ^a   Tang, Xudong ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^b   Leland, Quinn ^c   Gottschlich, Joseph ^c  

^a Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressor; Cooling; Directed energy weapon; Heat storage; Metal hydride; Phase change material; Solid state laser; Thermal

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRIDES; METAL TESTING; METALS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SOLID STATE LASERS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); WASTE HEAT; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDNANCE;

HEAT STORAGE CAPACITY; HEAT STORAGE SYSTEMS; METAL HYDRIDE SYSTEMS; METAL HYDRIDES; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; PRECISION TEMPERATURE CONTROL; STORAGE PERFORMANCE; THERMAL; DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON; DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON (DEW) SYSTEMS; METAL HYDRIDE;

DIRECTED-ENERGY WEAPONS; HEAT STORAGE;

EID: 44349099104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2007-42831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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