Linear Refractive Photovoltaic Concentrator Solar Array Flight Experiment
| العنوان: | Linear Refractive Photovoltaic Concentrator Solar Array Flight Experiment |
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| المؤلفون: | David M. Murphy, P. Alan Jones |
| المصدر: | Journal of Propulsion and Power. 12:859-865 |
| بيانات النشر: | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1996. |
| سنة النشر: | 1996 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Meteor (satellite), Engineering, Earth's orbit, Linear element, Spacecraft, business.industry, Mechanical Engineering, Photovoltaic system, Electrical engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Solar energy, Concentrator, law.invention, Lens (optics), Fuel Technology, Space and Planetary Science, law, Aerospace engineering, business |
| الوصف: | Concentrator arrays deliver a number of generic benefits for space, including high array efficiency, protection from space radiation effects, and minimized plasma interactions. The line-focus concentrator concept delivers two added advantages: 1) low-cost mass production of the lens material and 2) relaxation of precise array tracking requirements to only a single axis. Current array designs emphasize lightweight, high stiffness, stowability, and ease of manufacture and assembly. The linear refractive concentrator can be designed to provide an essentially flat response over a wide range of longitudinal pointing errors for satellites having only single-axis tracking capability. In this article we describe the solar concentrator array with refractive linear element technology-multiple experiments to Earth orbit and return (SCARLET)-(METEOR) flight experimental hardware as well as the status of the current SCARLET linear concentrator program. After a vigorous six-month design, fabrication, and qualification test phase, the flight experiment was delivered for spacecraft integration onto the METEOR spacecraft. Despite the failure of the Conestoga launch vehicle and, hence, the loss of spaceflight data, the program succeeded in validating system-level concentrator array component integration and alignment issues. |
| تدمد: | 1533-3876 0748-4658 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::9f8f1bc2fbb2a2e4ed285f5328b8d9bfTest https://doi.org/10.2514/3.24114Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........9f8f1bc2fbb2a2e4ed285f5328b8d9bf |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15333876 07484658 |
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