40 KV and develops approximately 5 GW from each quadrant of the station (10 GW per antenna). Power is collected from the solar arrays by a series of busses along the vertical. These feed a main diagonal bus for transmission to the antenna. Return lines parallel the collector lines. With solar array performance of 250 watts/meter2 (concentration ratio of 2), the following table shows the ideal power output and maximum amperage for each sector indicated on the figure. The busses which collect power from the solar arrays are assumed to have a linearly increasing current from zero to the maximum value at the main bus juncture. The main bus is assumed to have a step increase in crosssection area at the junctures in order to maintain constant current density. Total configuration system weights are as follows: This weight is on the order of 7 percent of total configuration weight. If means can be found to use the concentrators as conductors, this will reduce to 3-4 percent. Total power loss (I2R losses only) are about
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