Title :
Review of the environmental effects on the Space Station Freedom photovoltaic power module
Author_Institution :
NASA Lewis Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
An overview of the environment in the low Earth orbit (LEO) is given, the interaction of this environment with the photovoltaic (PV) power system of the Space Station Freedom is discussed, and environmental programs that are designed to investigate the interaction of the LEO environment with the photovoltaic power system are described. The programs address effects due to atomic oxygen, charged particles and plasma, and micrometeoroids and debris. The programs will support the design of subsystems of the PV module that can survive for the design lifetime in the natural and induced LEO environment
Keywords :
photovoltaic power systems; solar cell arrays; space vehicle power plants; PV power system; Space Station Freedom; atomic oxygen; charged particles; debris; environmental effects; low Earth orbit; micrometeoroids; photovoltaic power module; plasma; Atomic measurements; Chemicals; Low earth orbit satellites; Multichip modules; Optical arrays; Photovoltaic systems; Polymer films; Solar power generation; Space debris; Space stations;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74487
