START-3 [electronic resource] : Operational Evaluations of the ISUS Engine Ground Demonstration Thermionic Power System
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1998.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Additional Creators:
- Sandia National Laboratories
United States. Department of Energy
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information - Access Online:
- www.osti.gov
- Summary:
- START-3 was a test program conducted in order to demonstrate and characterize the operational performance of the prototype Integrated Solar Upper Stage (ISUS) thermionic power system. The test device consisted of a graphite thermal storage uni~ multilayer foil insulation, and sixteen thermionic converters electrically connected in a series array. Several thermal input conditions were achieved during the test, which resulted in measuring converter performance at average converter hot shoe temperatures in the range of 1600 K to 2000 K. Results indicate that the ;hermionic converter; did not perform as weil as expected in the array individual sixteen converters is currently being performed.
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
10/08/1998.
"sand98-2255c"
"DE00000763"
STAIF-99 (Space Technology and Applications International Forum); Albuquerque, NM; 01/31-2/4/1999.
Luchau, D.W.; Wyant, F.J.; Luke, J.R. - Funding Information:
- AC04-94AL85000
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