• DocumentCode
    754341
  • Title

    Solar Power Satellites as a Class Design Project in the University

  • Author

    Gutmann, Ronald J.

  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    221
  • Lastpage
    225
  • Abstract
    The solar power satellite, a potential source of baseload electric power, has been used as a topic for a class design project at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The class organization and student design projects are summarized, with the emphasis on student innovative design.
  • Keywords
    Design engineering; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Microwave antennas; Phased arrays; Power engineering and energy; Rectennas; Satellite antennas; Solar energy; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TE.1981.4321495
  • Filename
    4321495