Vector controlled Stirling based power conversion approach for radioisotope powered missions

1st International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference IECEC

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kristalinski, Alex ^a   Fisher, Jack ^a   Joseph Cassady, R ^a   Chapman, Jack ^b  

^a AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^b Electric Boat Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STIRLING ENGINES;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS; HEAT REJECTION SYSTEMS; HIGH VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; PLANETARY MISSION; POWER PROCESSING UNITS; POWER SYSTEM DESIGNS; STIRLING CONVERTORS; SWITCHING ELEMENTS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84896035098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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