Title :
Minimal fuel consumption of electric propulsion space vehicles for deep space exploration
Author :
Reddy, Bandi Bharat Kumar ; Esterline, Albert C. ; Homaifar, Abdollah
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greenboro, NC
Abstract :
The objective of this research is to find a near optimal control strategy of an electric propulsion space vehicle to consume minimal fuel while traversing between two points in space. Micro genetic algorithms (GA) with the concept of Elitism is used to determine this optimal control
Keywords :
aerospace propulsion; electric propulsion; genetic algorithms; optimal control; space vehicles; Elitism; deep space exploration; electric propulsion; fuel consumption minimization; micro genetic algorithms; optimal control; space vehicles; Earth; Fuels; Moon; NASA; Optimal control; Planets; Propulsion; Space exploration; Space technology; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9545-X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2006.1655989
