Brayton advanced heat receiver development programNASA 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.
Document ID
19900051115
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Heidenreich, G. R. (Sundstrand Corp. Rockford, IL, United States)
Downing, R. S. (Sundstrand Corp. Rockford, IL, United States)
Lacey, Dovie E. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)