Alignment and Initial Operation of an Advanced Solar Simulator
- Author:
- Mason, Lee S.
- Published:
- Dec. 1996.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Jaworske, Donald A. and Jefferies, Kent S.
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- A solar simulator utilizing nine 30-kW xenon arc lamps was built to provide radiant power for testing a solar dynamic space power system in a thermal vacuum environment. The advanced solar simulator achieved the following values specific to the solar dynamic system: (1) a subtense angle of 1 deg; (2) the ability to vary solar simulator intensity up to 1.7 kW/sq m; (3) a beam diameter of 4.8 m; and (4) uniformity of illumination on the order of +/-10%. The flexibility of the solar simulator design allows for other potential uses of the facility.
- Other Subject(s):
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19970022385.
Accession ID: 97N22933.
E-9959-1.
NAS 1.15:112483.
NASA-TM-112483.
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets; Volume 33; No. 6; 867-869. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
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