Space Solar Power Review Vol 7 Num 2 1988

Cover	1
Contact Page	2
Table of Contents	3
SPS is the Next Goal of Commercial Solar Cells by Suzuki, HIrano, Ushirokawa & Nagatomo	5
Summary	5
Introduction	5
1. Forecast of Development of the Terrestrial-Use Solar Cell	6
Single Crystal Solar Cells	6
Solar Grade Si Materials and Substrate Manufacturing Technology	6
Junction Formation Process	7
Packing	7
Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells	7
2. Cost of Solar Cell	9
Cost Analysis of Terrestrial Use Solar Cells	12
3. Solar Cells for SPS	13
Investigation of the Production Process	13
Source Material Preparation Process	13
Si Halide and Polycrystalline Si	13
Si Substrate	14
Junction Forming Process, Contact Forming Process and Wiring Technique.	14
Radiation Shield	15
Application of Amorphous Si Cells for SPS	15
4. Cost Forecast of Solar Cells for SPS	15
Cost Reduction of SPS Cells	16
Conclusion	16
References	17
Direct Energy Conversion from a Laser Beam by using a Relativistic Electron Beam by Takashi Abe	19
Summary	19
1. Introduction	19
2. Interaction Between Laser and REB	19
3. Conversion System from Laser to Electric Power	23
4. Discussion	25
5. Conclusion	26
References	26
Very Low Temperature Rise Laser Annealing of Radiation-damaged Solar Cells in Orbit by V Poulek	27
Summary	27
Introduction	27
Low Temperature Rise Laser Annealing Experiment	27
Laser Regeneration System	28
Conclusion	29
Acknowledgement	30
References	30
Preliminary Design Study of a 1 MWe Space Nuclear Power Plant by Misawa and Kondo	31
Summary	31
Introduction	31
Overall Design Considerations	32
System Description	33
Basic Concepts	33
Nuclear Reactor	34
Core Heat Pipes	37
Shielding	37
Electric Power Converter: Rankine Cycle System	39
Electric Power Converter: Thermionic System	41
Minimization of Total System Mass	44
Conclusions	48
References	48
On the Possibility of Intercontinental Power Transmission via Satellite by Arnaldo Angelini	49
Summary	49
Available Hydroelectric Resources Throughout the World	49
Guglielmo Marconi and the History of Power Transmission	51
Power Transmission via Satellite	52
Other General Considerations	53
Exploring an STS Programme	54
SPS Background	55
STS Compared with SPS	57
STS Equipment in Space	58
Reasons to Study STS	58
Development of STS	59
International Cooperation in Studying STS	60
A Programme of Action	60
References and Notes	60
Direct Energy Converter from Laser Energy to Electricity with Laser-produced Plasma by Homma, Okamoto, Yamauchi, et al	61
Summary	61
1. Introduction	61
2. Principle of Direct Energy Converter from Laser Energy to Electricity	61
3. Experiments of Direct Energy Converter from Laser Energy to Electricity	62
3.1 Dependence of Energy Conversion Efficiency on Laser Energy	62
3.1.1. Experimental procedure	63
3.1.2. Experimental Results and Discussion	66
3.2 Measurements of the Ionization Rate of Laser-produced Plasma	70
3.2.1 Experimental Procedure	70
3.2.2 Experimental Results and Discussions	70
4. Considerations of Targets and Laser-produced Plasma	71
5. Conclusions	72
References	72
On the Exploitation of Geometrical Symmetry in Structural Computations of Space Power Stations by Alain Bossavit	73
Summary	73
1. Computational Structural Analysis	73
2. The Exploitation of Symmetry	76
2.1 Bilateral Symmetry	76
2.2 Symmetry in general	78
2.3 The ‘assembly' of elements	79
3. Some Difficulties	80
3.1 Equivariant Imbedding	80
3.2 Symmetry alterations	82
Conclusion	83
Bibliographical Comments	83
Considerations on an Inland Rectenna by Itoh and Ogawa	85
Summary	85
Introduction	85
Inland Rectenna	85
Hogline Rectenna with CMSA	86
Modified Hogline Rectenna with CMSA	87
Conclusions	90
References	90
Space Power Titles and Abstracts	91
The heat-pipe experiment on SPAS 01	91
Flexural vibration of gravity-stabilized, structurally damped, large flexible satellites	92
Space Station attitude control—An overview of requirements and solutions	92
Optimal configurations for dual-spin satellites subject to gravitational torques	93
Space Station truss structures and construction considerations	93
Autonomous momentum management for the CDG planar Space Station	94
Adaptive torque equilibrium control of the Space Station	95
Dumbbell-shaped gravity-gradient stabilized satellite	95
Back Cover Contents	100

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