Title :
Trade studies of a photovoltaic power system for a solar probe
Author :
Landis, Geoffrey A. ; Jacobs, Robert E. ; Scheiman, David A.
Author_Institution :
NASA John Glenn Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
For a solar array powering a mission designed to operate near the sun, a trade study was performed to calculate the effect of changing the operating temperature of the solar array on the required area of the thermal radiator required to moderate the array temperature.
Keywords :
astronomical instruments; solar cells; space vehicle power plants; photovoltaic power system; solar array; solar probe; thermal radiator; Cooling; Earth; Gold; NASA; Photovoltaic systems; Physics; Probes; Space vehicles; Sun; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2949-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0160-8371
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411660
