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Stretched Lens Array Squarerigger ( Slasr ) : a Unique New Technology for Space Power
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Brandhorst, Henry W. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | A unique solar array technology known as Stretched Lens Array SquareRigger (SLASR) has been developed, refined, and matured. SLASR offers an unprecedented portfolio of state-of-the-art performance metrics, including areal power density, specific power, stowed power density, high-voltage capability, radiation hardness, modularity, scalability, mass-producibility, and cost-effectiveness. SLASR is particularly well suited to high-power space missions, including solar electric propulsion (SEP) space tugs, major exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and power-intensive military spacecraft. SLASR is also very well suited to high-radiation missions, since the cell shielding mass penalty is 85% less for the SLASR concentrator array than for one-sun planar arrays. This paper describes SLASR technology and presents significant results of developments to date in a number of key areas, from advances in the key components to full-scale array hardware fabrication and evaluation. A summary of SLASR's unprecedented performance metrics, both near-term and longer term, are presented. Plans for future SLASR developments and near-term space applications are also outlined. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.carbon-free-energy.com/papers/2006/euro_slasr.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
