A special architecture for photovoltaic generation of electricity has been studied for a mission to Mercury. This paper deals with solar panel design primary concerns, with regards to the harsh Hermian thermal environment and to the need for great amounts of power for solar electric propulsion at 1 A.U.. A novel concept of a combined system of photovoltaic generators together with Fresnel lens solar concentrators will be presented as a possible solution to the different power demands of the whole mission. © 2006 IEEE.
A PV power generation system for missions to Mercury / Macellari, Michele; Russo, R.; Schirone, Luigi. - ELETTRONICO. - 2006:(2006). (Intervento presentato al convegno 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference tenutosi a Big Sky; United States nel 4-11 Marzo 2006) [10.1109/AERO.2006.1656003].
A PV power generation system for missions to Mercury
MACELLARI, MICHELE;SCHIRONE, Luigi
2006
Abstract
A special architecture for photovoltaic generation of electricity has been studied for a mission to Mercury. This paper deals with solar panel design primary concerns, with regards to the harsh Hermian thermal environment and to the need for great amounts of power for solar electric propulsion at 1 A.U.. A novel concept of a combined system of photovoltaic generators together with Fresnel lens solar concentrators will be presented as a possible solution to the different power demands of the whole mission. © 2006 IEEE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
