Solar thermal system for lunar ISRU applications: Development and field operation at Mauna Kea, HI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8124, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Smith, Benjamin K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

In Situ Resource Utilization; Lunar ISRU; Solar Concentrator; Solar Optical Waveguide; Solar Thermal Power

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TEST; CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION; FIELD OPERATION; IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; LOW LOSS; LUNAR ISRU; NATIVE SOIL; OXYGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEMS; SURFACE STABILIZATION; THERMO-CHEMICAL; TRANSMISSION LINE;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC LINES; NASA; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTICS; SINTERING; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; STABILIZATION; SUN; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WAVEGUIDES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80053978234     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.892810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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