Title :
Brayton advanced heat receiver development program
Author :
Heidenreich, G.R. ; Downing, R.S. ; Lacey, Dovie E.
Author_Institution :
Sundstrand Corp., Rockford, IL, USA
Abstract :
NASA Lewis Research Center is managing an advanced solar dynamic (ASD) space power program. The objective of the ASD program is to develop small and lightweight solar dynamic systems which show significant improvement in efficiency and specific mass over the baseline design derived from the Space Station Freedom technology. The advanced heat receiver development program is a phased program to design, fabricate and test elements of a 7 kWe heat-receiver/thermal-energy-storage subsystem. Receivers for both Brayton and Stirling heat engines are being developed under separate contracts. Phase I, described here, is the current eighteen month effort to design and perform critical technology experiments on innovative concepts designed to reduce mass without compromising thermal efficiency and reliability
Keywords :
heat engines; research initiatives; solar absorber-convertors; space vehicle power plants; thermal energy storage; 7 kW; Brayton cycle; NASA; design; efficiency; heat engines; heat receiver; reliability; solar absorber-convertors; solar dynamic space power; specific mass; thermal energy storage; Contracts; Energy management; Heat engines; NASA; Power system management; Space stations; Space technology; Stirling engines; Testing; Variable speed drives;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74581
