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Free-piston Stirling component test power converterThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been evaluating free-piston Stirling power converters (FPSPCs) for use on a wide variety of space missions. They provide high reliability, long life, and efficient operation and can be coupled with all potential heat sources, various heat input and heat rejection systems, and various power management and distribution systems. FPSPCs can compete favorably with alternative power conversion systems over a range of hundreds of watts to megawatts. Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI) is developing FPSPC technology under contract to NASA Lewis Research Center and will demonstrate this technology in two full-scale power converters operating at space temperature conditions. The testing of the first of these, the component test power converter (CTPC), was initiated in Spring 1991 to evaluate mechanical operation at space operating temperatures. The CTPC design, hardware fabrication, and initial test results are reviewed.
Document ID
19920068160
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Dochat, George
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Dhar, Manmohan
(Mechanical Technology, Inc. Latham, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Meeting Information
Meeting: IECEC ''91: Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
Location: Boston, MA
Country: United States
Start Date: August 4, 1991
End Date: August 9, 1991
Accession Number
92A50784
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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