DocumentCode
3711571
Title
Design and thermal testing of a Power Supply prototype for the Space Plasma Ionic Charge Analyzer (SPICA) CubeSat
Author
Rachid Darbali-Zamora;Daniel Merced-Cirino;Jos? Rivera-Alamo;Eduardo I. Ortiz-Rivera;Amilcar A. Rincon-Charris
Author_Institution
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayag?ez, 00682, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
This paper presents the second Electric Power Supply (EPS) prototype designed for supplying power to the Space Plasma Ionic Charge Analyzer (SPICA) CubeSat. In order to power the CubeSat with higher efficiency, Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) solar panels are mounted on each side of the cube, converting solar power into electrical energy. Solar cell area limitations require maximizing the available electrical energy generated. To extract the utmost available power from the solar panels, a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) method that uses the optimal duty ratio of a DC/DC converter is implemented. The DC/DC converter in combination with high performance GaAs solar panels and a MPPT technique will not only improve the power extraction but will also further increase efficiency.
Keywords
"Indexes","Inductors"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2015 IEEE 42nd
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356294
Filename
7356294
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