This work develops a methodology to facilitate the optimum design of spacecraft power processing systems. Emphasis is placed on the battery charge and discharge systems.
A comparison of several battery charge and discharge topologies is presented. Characteristics which effect the overall system performance are addressed including size, weight, efficiency, dynamic performance, electromagnetic interference, and reliability. A detailed comparison, using nonlinear design optimization techniques, is performed for three candidate topologies for application to the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite battery discharger. Experimental verification is provided.
A novel zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) bidirectional converter topology is presented. A bidirectional battery charger / discharger has several advantages, including a potentially substantial system weight savings. However, it is shown that most of the advantages can not be realized unless zero-voltage-switching is incorporated. The design of a novel ZVS, multi-module, multi-phase, bidirectional converter with application to the NASA EOS satellite battery charger / discharger system is presented. The system not only yields high efficiency and light weight, but also possesses superior dynamic characteristics when compared to either a conventional bidirectional converter or separate charge and discharge converters.
Design considerations for system control of the NASA EOS satellite are presented. A methodology is presented to insure system stability with an unknown complex load. / Ph. D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/39782 |
| Date | 12 October 2005 |
| Creators | Sable, Daniel M. |
| Contributors | Electrical Engineering, Chen, Dan Y., Davis, William A., Rodriguez, G. Ernest, Cho, Bo H., Lee, Fred C. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation, Text |
| Format | xiv, 191 leaves, BTD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 25624767, LD5655.V856_1991.S224.pdf |
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