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A comparison of a solar power satellite concept to a concentrating solar power system (Document No: 20140003205)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Smitherman, David V. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | A comparison is made of a solar power satellite (SPS) concept in geostationary Earth orbit to a concentrating solar power (CSP) system on the ground to analyze overall efficiencies of each infrastructure from solar radiance at 1 AU to conversion and transmission of electrical energy into the power grid on the Earth's surface. Each system is sized for a 1-gigawatt output to the power grid and then further analyzed to determine primary collector infrastructure areas. Findings indicate that even though the SPS concept has a higher end-to-end efficiency, the combined space and ground collector infrastructure is still about the same size as a comparable CSP system on the ground. |
| File Size | 1805266 |
| Page Count | 11 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140003205 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2t48pq59 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2013-09-10 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Solar Cells Concentrators Solar Energy Conversion Comparison Energy Conversion Geosynchronous Orbits Solar Power Satellites Ground Stations Photovoltaic Conversion Power Beaming Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
