• DocumentCode
    2613378
  • Title

    Terrestrial photovoltaics systems for US military applications

  • Author

    Ducey, Roch A. ; Smith, Garyl D. ; Humble, L.E. ; Strother, Larry W. ; Agi, Kamil ; Seiss, Anna ; Hoelscher, James F.

  • Author_Institution
    US Army Constr. Eng. Res. Lab., Champaign., IL, USA
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    21-25 May 1990
  • Firstpage
    1130
  • Abstract
    An attempt is made to heighten the photovoltaics community´s awareness of the US Department of Defense´s (DODs) PV Review Committee, an organized group of specialists within the three DOD military services and the US Coast Guard who can be approached concerning PV opportunities. The various PV military applications already installed and trends of PV use within the military are summarized. It is pointed out that the trend within the military is toward increased use of photovoltaics
  • Keywords
    military systems; photovoltaic power systems; power supplies to apparatus; PV power systems; applications; military; photovoltaics; power supply; research; Instruments; Laboratories; Lakes; Oceans; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power system protection; Power system security; US Department of Defense; Weapons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1990., Conference Record of the Twenty First IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Kissimmee, FL
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.1990.111792
  • Filename
    111792