Experimental Investigation of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage for Bi-Modal Solar Thermal Propulsion

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Solar Thermal Propulsion Concept Featuring Phase-Change Latent Heat Storage and Subsequent Hydrogen Burning in Fluorine

“…В США NASA совместно с AFRL разрабатывают несколько программ по созданию разгонных блоков с СТРД [2][3][4][5][6]. При этом рассматриваются двигатели с системой солнечный зеркальный концентратор-светоприемник (КП), в ряде случаев использующей тепловой аккумулятор (ТА) на основе графита или фазопереходных теплоаккумулирующих материалов (ТАМ) [7].…”