Trade-off analysis of regenerative power source for long duration loitering airship

2010 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, SIEDS10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 25-30

  Lubkowski, Steven ^a   Jones, Brian ^a   Rojas, Erika ^a   Morris, Desiree ^a  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Trade off analysis

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC MODELS; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; FLAT PANEL; FLIGHT LEVELS; HIGH ALTITUDE AIRSHIPS; LONG DURATION; LOWER COST; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; NON-LINEAR; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; POWER CONSUMPTION; REGENERATIVE POWER; RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR TECHNOLOGY; STIRLING; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AIRSHIPS; COMMERCE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; THIN FILMS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 77953906368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIEDS.2010.5469686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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