• DocumentCode
    1229574
  • Title

    Special Design Considerations for the Apollo Spacecraft Electrical System

  • Author

    Fono, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    North American Aviation Space and Information Division
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1964
  • fDate
    4/1/1964 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    467
  • Lastpage
    471
  • Abstract
    In the Apollo spacecraft electrical power system weight is at a premium. Energy loss actually increases the system weight by added fuel requirements. A new type of switch gear was developed for the fuel cell system which eliminates the use of circuit breakers, diodes and uses instead solid state relay operated switches. Consideration was also given to use saturable reactor type current metering in the fuel cell line.
  • Keywords
    Circuit breakers; Diodes; Energy loss; Fuel cells; Gears; Power system relaying; Solid state circuits; Space vehicles; Switches; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0536-1516
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TA.1964.4319625
  • Filename
    4319625
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1229574