Megawatt solar power systems for lunar surface operations

Details Megawatt solar power systems for lunar surface operations Megawatt solar power systems for lunar surface operations

Nov 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990usra.proc..229a&link_type=abstract

In USRA, Proceedings of the 6th Annual Summer Conference: NASA/USRA University Advanced Design Program p 229-239 (SEE N91-18121

Physics

Brayton Cycle, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Lunar Bases, Solar Cells, Solar Energy Conversion, Costs, Heat Transfer, Lunar Surface, Night, Photovoltaic Effect

Scientific paper

The work presented here shows that a solar power system can provide power on the order of one megawatt to a lunar base with a fairly high specific power. The main drawback to using solar power is still the high mass, and therefore, cost of supplying energy storage through the solar night. The use of cryogenic reactant storage in a fuel cell system, however, greatly reduces the total system mass over conventional energy storage schemes.

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