Re: JP Aerospace to compete for America's Space Prize

From: Paul F. Dietz (dietz_at_dls.net)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:43:57 -0600

Jim Davis wrote:
> Paul F. Dietz wrote:
>
>
>>Plugging in semi-plausible numbers for the collector itself
>>gives a specific power of maybe 100 kW/kg.
>
>
> Paul, did you mean to say 100 *kilowatts* per kg? That's an order of
> magnitude greater than *gas turbine* specific power.

Do the calculation yourself, Jim. The theoretical specific power
of extremely thin PV collectors can be amazingly high.

        Paul

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