• DocumentCode
    809945
  • 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
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    976
  • Lastpage
    989
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.2003.1238750
  • Filename
    1238750