Title :
Design and testing of spacecraft power systems using VTB
Author :
Jiang, Zhenhua ; Liu, Shengyi ; Dougal, Roger A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
fDate :
7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A study is presented on the design and testing of spacecraft power systems using the virtual test bed (VTB). The interdisciplinary components such as solar array and battery systems were first modeled in native VTB format and validated by experiment data. The shunt regulator and battery charge controller were designed in Simulink according to the system requirements and imported to VTB. Two spacecraft power systems were then designed and tested together with the control systems.
Keywords :
aerospace simulation; aerospace testing; space vehicle power plants; virtual instrumentation; Simulink design; battery charge controller; battery system; control system; shunt regulator; solar array; spacecraft power system; virtual test bed; Batteries; Circuit simulation; Control systems; Mathematical model; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Power systems; Regulators; Space vehicles; System testing;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.2003.1238750
