DocumentCode
3447992
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
fYear
2009
fDate
7-12 June 2009
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE
Conference_Location
Philadelphia, PA
ISSN
0160-8371
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2949-3
Electronic_ISBN
0160-8371
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411660
Filename
5411660
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