Space vehicle missile power supplies Annotated bibliography
Annotated bibliography on batteries, fuel cells, thermionics, thermoelectrics, nuclear energy sources, and other direct energy conversion concepts adaptable to space vehicles
Benton, M.↗
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Small, efficient power supply for xenon lamps
Device, which operates from 28 V dc, has four sections, a preregulator, a dc-to-dc converter, a current regulator, and a high voltage starter. The unique characteristics of the individual sections are described.
Goodwin, J. E.↗
Development of packaging techniques for an amplitron and power supply
Potting techniques of high-voltage module and testing of amplitron tube and RF problems in microwave circulator
Felsenthal, P.↗
Transit power supply
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator with lead telluride converter, discussing intact reentry and impact capability, refractory construction and reliability
Jones, I. R.↗
Passive synchronized spike generator with high input impedance and low output impedance and capacitor power supply Patent
Pulse generator for synchronizing or resetting electronic signals without requiring separate external source
Cancro, C. A.↗
A switching circuit for a low voltage, medium current dc power supply.
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Luke, K.↗
The design and development of a high voltage power supply
A high voltage circuit system was redesigned, breadboarded, and tested to meet revised specification requirements. Circuit component subassemblies are described and include the firing unit, regulator, dc to dc converter, and output and trigger circuits. Design changes, tests, and equipment fabrication are outlined chronologically by month. A list of design specifications is included.
Ting, R.↗
Simple constant-current-regulated power supply
Supply incorporates soft-start circuit that slowly ramps current up to set point at turn-on. Supply consists of full-wave rectifier, regulating pass transistor, current feedback circuit, and quad single-supply operational-amplifier circuit providing control. Technique is applicable to any system requiring constant dc current, such as vacuum tube equipment, heaters, or battery charges; it has been used to supply constant current for instrument calibration.
Priebe, D. H. E.↗
A standard load center converter power supply
A modular multiple-output Standard Load Center Converter (SLCC), developed for a wide range of space applications, is discussed, including its specifications, characteristics, electrical and mechanical designs, advanced heat removal techniques, and unique packaging concept. The converter can be tailored to meet specific requirements by simple selection of the proper transformer and feedback resistor networks.
Graves, J. R.↗
Penumatic-power supply
Portable compressed air supply has two or more outputs at pressures from 20 to 100 psi. Applications include operating production equipment, spraying paint and lubricants, and pressurizing refrigeration systems. Supply filters air from standard high-pressure line, reduces it to working pressure, and adds lubricant when required. Regulator supplies low-pressure air to output channels. On channel lines, vernier-control valves select output pressures.
Kramer, R. C.↗
Battery-Operated High-Voltage Power Supply
Circuitry allows large multiplication of voltage. Filament voltage is -80kV. Potential difference between terminals P3 and P4 adjusted to make grid 80 to 150 volts more negative than filament enabling grid to focus electrons from filament into stream impinging on anode, which then emits x-rays. Circuitry provides independently adjustable voltages in kilovolt range for x-ray tubes and other instruments.
Ruitberg, A. P., Kennethm.↗
Long life communication satellites: Electric power supply during the eclipse period
The electric batteries, essentially nickel-cadmium for French satellites such as D1 A, D1 C, D1 D, D2 B, D5 A, D5 B, etc. and the batteries for such satellites as Symphonie, ANS, INTASAT, ESRO 4, and COS-B are discussed. The experience obtained led to the development of long lifetime batteries for communication satellites. Real simulation tests showed a lifetime of four years and accelerated lifetime tests of twelve years. These batteries will be applied in OTS, METEOSAT, and Marots. At the same time, new batteries are being developed, based on nickel-hydrogen or on silver-hydrogen, which should provide longer lifetime and better reliability.
Font, S.↗
Power supplies for primary electric propulsion missions
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Jones, R. M.↗
Power supply conditioning circuit
A conditioning circuit is provided with a constant current diode in series with a zener diode, the former having a high dynamic impedance and the latter a low dynamic impedance. The constant current diode can receive an input voltage with PARD. In conjunction with the zener diode fixed to a ground, a voltage divider is provided which can give an output voltage whose PARD was significantly reduced. The conditioning circuit is effective down to dc.
Primas, Lori E.↗
Reliability Block Diagram (RBD) Analysis of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) Flight Termination System and Power Supply
In order to perform public risk analyses for vehicles containing Flight Termination Systems (FTS), it is necessary for the analyst to know the reliability of each of the components of the FTS. These systems are typically divided into two segments; a transmitter system and associated equipment, typically in a ground station or on a support aircraft, and a receiver system and associated equipment on the target vehicle. This analysis attempts to analyze the reliability of the NASA DFRC flight termination system ground transmitter segment for use in the larger risk analysis and to compare the results against two established Department of Defense availability standards for such equipment.
Morehouse, Dennis V.↗
The dc power circuits: A compilation
A compilation of reports concerning power circuits is presented for the dissemination of aerospace information to the general public as part of the NASA Technology Utilization Program. The descriptions for the electronic circuits are grouped as follows: dc power supplies, power converters, current-voltage power supply regulators, overload protection circuits, and dc constant current power supplies.
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System tests with electric thruster beam and accelerator directly powered from laboratory solar arrays
Laboratory high voltage solar arrays were operated directly connected to power the beam and accelerator loads of an 8-centimeter ion thruster. The beam array comprised conventional 2 by 2 centimeter solar cells; the accelerator array comprised multiple junction edge-illuminated solar cells. Conventional laboratory power supplies powered the thruster's other loads. Tests were made to evaluate thruster performance and to investigate possible electrical interactions between the solar arrays and the thruster. Thruster performance was the same as with conventional laboratory beam and accelerator power supplies. Most of the thruster beam short circuits that occurred during solar array operation were cleared spontaneously without automatic or manual intervention. No spontaneous clearing occurred during conventional power supply operation.
Stover, J. B.↗