SPS energy conversion and power management workshop. Final report
In 1977 a four year study, the concept Development and Evaluation Program, was initiated by the US Department of Energy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. As part of this program, a series of peer reviews were carried out within the technical community to allow available information on SPS to be sifted, examined and, if need be, challenged. The SPS Energy Conversion and Power Management Workshop, held in Huntsville, Alabama, February 5 to 7, 1980, was one of these reviews. The results of studies in this particular field were presented to an audience of carefully selected scientists and engineers. This first report summarizes the results of that peer review. It is not intended to be an exhaustive treatment of the subject. Rather, it is designed to look at the SPS energy conversion and power management options in breadth, not depth, to try to foresee any troublesome and/or potentially unresolvable problems and to identify the most promising areas for future research and development. Topics include photovoltaic conversion, solar thermal conversion, and electric power distribution processing and power management. (WHK)
- Research Organization:
- Alabama Univ., Huntsville (USA). Kenneth E. Johnson Environmental and Energy Center
- DOE Contract Number:
- AS01-78CS34218
- OSTI ID:
- 5356252
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/34218-T1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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