Design and Stress Analysis of Extraterrestrial ... - The Black Vault

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Fig. 1.6. Diagram of a solar extraterrestrial power-plant
with fuel elements.
In guiding the installation
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int orbit, the orientation system
insures flux concentration of solar emission in trap 2. The liquid
metal is heated by the heat of the trap, for example, the lithium
which enters the generator 4 for the separation of the reaction
products of the fuel element into the basic components.
In the fuel element the anode working medium, for example,
sodium, enters the ion-exchange membrane, is ionized, giving off
electrons to the anode, penctrates the membrane to the cathode area
where it is connected with the cathode working medium, for example,
tin. The cathode working medium, while dissolving the positive
anode ions-, releases energy close to the heat effect of reaction.
Electrons which have completed operation in the external circuit
participate in the formation of a reaction product alloy, in our
example, Na-Sn.
Subsequently, the reaction-product enters the regenerator
and the process is repeated. In the installation in question
the anode working medium, for example, metal, is condensed in
the heat-exchanger 5 with the help of the metal of the third circuit
and cooler 6.
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