solar array, arc discharge, equivalent circuit, frequency characteristic, frequency response, phase shift, impedance, spacecraft charging, transient response, ground test
その他のタイトル(英)
Circuit analysis of electric effects on spacecraft load by solar array arcing
Kyushu Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Kyushu Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Kyushu Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
出版者
宇宙航空研究開発機構宇宙科学研究本部
出版者(英)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA/ISAS)
雑誌名
第24回宇宙エネルギーシンポジウム 平成16年度
雑誌名(英)
The Twenty-fourth Space Energy Symposium March 7, 2005
ページ
77 - 81
発行年
2005-06
抄録(英)
When solar array is operated at a high voltage, arcs occur on the array surface. Our task is to examine the effects of conductive current generated by arcing on solar array circuit of spacecraft. First, equivalent circuits of small solar array module are modeled. The equivalent circuits are made for various types of solar cell such as silicon, gallium arsenic (hetero junction), and triple junction cells, etc. The equivalent circuit is composed of current source, diode, resistance, inductance and capacitance. First, we measured the frequency characteristic and I-V characteristic of a given solar array, and modeled the equivalent circuit to have the same characteristics by electronic circuit simulation software (SPICE). Next, an electric equivalent circuit of the arc inception was made, and was compared with the ground test result. We simulated the transient current and surge voltage resulted from the ground test using the equivalent circuit. The circuit is under adjustment to experimental results at present. We plan to add the effect of arc expansion to the circuit.