A system of orbiting space reflectors is described, analyzed, and shown to economically provide nearly continuous insolation to preselected ground sites, producing benefits hitherto lacking in conventional solar farms and leading to large reductions in energy costs for such installations. Free-flying planar mirrors of about 1 sq km are shown to be optimum and can be made at under 10 g/sq m of surface, thus minimizing material needs and space transportation costs. Models are developed for both the design of such mirrors and for the analysis of expected ground insolation as a function of orbital parameters, time, and site location. Various applications (agricultural, solar-electric production, weather enhancement, etc.) are described.


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    Titel :

    Enhanced solar energy options using earth-orbiting mirrors


    Beteiligte:
    Gilbreath, W. P. (Autor:in) / Billman, K. W. (Autor:in) / Bowen, S. W. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference ; 1978 ; San Diego, CA


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1978


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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