Sunflower power system test report topical report, nov. - 19 dec. 1962
Sunflower power conversion system development test program
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Sunflower power conversion system development test program
Sunflower 3 kW mercury Rankine power conversion system
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Sunflower solar power system using mercury- Rankine cycle
Haynes alloy forced circulation mercury loop for studying hydrogen effects in working fluid of Rankine cycle Sunflower solar power system
Report on the development of the lithium hydride storage unit for the sunflower power conversion system
This report covers work done by the authors on the solar simulator for the six-foot diameter space simulator presently in use at JPL. The space simulator was made by modifying an existent vacuum chamber and uses carbon arc lamps for solar simulation. All Ranger vehicles flown to date have been tested in this facility. The report also contains a series of appendixes covering various aspects of space-simulation design and use. Some of these appendixes contain detailed analyses of space-simulator design criteria. Others cover the techniques used in studying carbon-arc lamps and in applying them as solar simulation.
Sunflower combined shaft unit Rankine cycle turboalternator
Lithium hydride as heat storage medium in the sunflower system to provide continuous power conversion during the shade time of earth orbits