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Power processor design considerations for a solar electric propulsion spacecraft
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Gardner, J. A. Costogue, E. N. |
| Copyright Year | 1974 |
| Description | Propulsion power processor design options are described. The propulsion power processor generated the regulated dc voltages and currents from a solar array source of a solar electric propelled spacecraft. The power processor consisted of 12 power supplies that provide the regulated voltages and currents necessary to power a 30-cm mercury ion thruster. The design options for processing unregulated solar array power and for generating the regulated power required by each supply are studied. The technical approaches utilized in the developed design and the technological limitation of the identified design options are discussed. Alternate approaches for delivering power to a number of mercury ion thrusters and methods of optimizing are described. It was concluded that this power processor design should be considered for application in solar electric propulsion missions of the future. |
| File Size | 1586240 |
| Page Count | 75 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19750003992 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t23c0tf4r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1974-06-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Solar Generators Electric Propulsion Solar Propulsion Solar Energy Spacecraft Power Supplies Propulsion System Configurations Spacecraft Propulsion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
