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Parallel stirling converters being developed for spacecraft onboard power
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Thieme, Lanny G. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | Stirling Technology Co., as part of a NASA Lewis Research Center Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract, has successfully demonstrated paralleling two thermodynamically independent Stirling converters. A system of four Stirling converters is being developed by NASA and the Department of Energy as an alternative high-efficiency radioisotope power source for spacecraft onboard electric power for NASA deep space missions. The high Stirling efficiency, exceeding 20 percent for this application, will greatly reduce the necessary isotope inventory in comparison to the current radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG s), significantly reducing mission cost and risk. Stirling is the most developed converter option of the advanced power technologies under consideration. |
| File Size | 55535 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050188480 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3pw1f753 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Power Converters Nasa Space Programs Deep Space Stirling Cycle Cost Reduction Thermoelectric Generators 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 |
