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Megawatt solar power systems for lunar surface operations (Document No: 19910008844)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Golingo, R. Gonzalez, D. Alhadeff, S. Cook, D. Garcia, D. Gillespie, D. Douglas, C. Beard, S. Carlile, D. Adams, B. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | The work presented here shows that a solar power system can provide power on the order of one megawatt to a lunar base with a fairly high specific power. The main drawback to using solar power is still the high mass, and therefore, cost of supplying energy storage through the solar night. The use of cryogenic reactant storage in a fuel cell system, however, greatly reduces the total system mass over conventional energy storage schemes. |
| File Size | 990462 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910008844 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8hf2r615 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Solar Cells Costs Photovoltaic Effect Night Solar Energy Conversion Fuel Cells Lunar Bases Brayton Cycle Lunar Surface Heat Transfer Energy Storage Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
