This paper shows that the power system performance (batteries, solar array, power regulator) on-board the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite has met or exceeded pre-launch predictions, and has successfully managed the performance of NiCd batteries which had shown anomalous performance on other missions such as UARS and GRO. The battery performance is addressed through the following parameters: end-of-dis...

ABSTRACT: In the power generation sector, Natural Resources like Solar, Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, Hydro etc have always played a very important role. Out of these solar PV (photo voltaic) is most popular due to its significant advantages. However the solar radiation never remains constant. It keeps on varying throughout the day. In this paper, single 60 W solar PV panel along with boost converte...

The conventional wisdom about solar array arcing in LEO is that only the parts of the solar array that are swept over by the arc-generated plasma front are discharged in the initial arc. This limits the amount of energy that can be discharged. Recent work done at the NASA Glenn Research Center has shown that this idea is mistaken. In fact, the capacitance of the entire solar array may be discha...

In this paper, dynamic analysis of a multi-battery dual mode charger, powered by a single solar array and suitable for lead-acid and lithium-ion cell-based batteries is presented. Each battery is interfaced to the solar array by means of a current-controlled buck power stage, operating either in constant power or constant voltage mode. Operation in former/latter charging mode implies regulating...

The behavior of a photovoltaic solar array is investigated by performing a simulation in Simulink (MATLAB). The modeling of the system is based on the one diode model (in which the solar cell’s equivalent circuit is composed by a current source, diode, series and parallel resistance). The simulation results show how the series and parallel connection of the solar cells have a direct impact unde...

The piezo-phototronic effect is about the enhanced separation, transport, and recombination of the photogenerated carriers using the piezoelectric polarization charges present in piezoelectric-semiconductor materials. Here, it is presented that the piezo-phototronic effect can be effectively applied to improve the relative conversion efficiency of a flexible solar cell based on n-ZnO/p-SnS core...