• DocumentCode
    2208642
  • Title

    Advancements in the design of solar-array to battery charge current regulators

  • Author

    Glass, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc. Sunnyvale, California 94086
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    14-16 June 1977
  • Firstpage
    346
  • Lastpage
    350
  • Abstract
    A spacecraft power system is described which uses a solar array as power source and a storage battery. Through the application of power electronics the system is optimized in two stages, the final version of which uses an analog maximum power tracker. The power maximization concept is developed and a circuit design is presented. The maximum power tracker circuit has been breadboarded, and some test results are included.
  • Keywords
    Arrays; Batteries; Poles and zeros; Regulators; Switches; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1977 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0275-9306
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESC.1977.7070840
  • Filename
    7070840