Solar optics simulation for a Space Station solar dynamics power system
Abstract
This paper discusses the application of the IPAGOS code to guide the design of a solar dynamic (SD) module for the Space Station. Graphical displays are presented illustrating the solar flux distribution on the receiver cavity walls as a function of receiver size, receiver geometry, rim angle, solar misalignment, concentrator mirror tilt, and position on the focal axis. Focal plane distribution of the solar flux is illustrated for the same functions. The relative importance of concentrator mirror error and pointing error is illustrated. The great value of a design tool such as IPAGOS for configuration selection and design optimization is clearly noted.
- Publication:
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IECEC 1986; Proceedings of the Twenty-first Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986iece.conf.1909A
- Keywords:
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- Electric Power;
- Solar Dynamic Power Systems;
- Space Stations;
- Spacecraft Power Supplies;
- Concentrators;
- Mirrors;
- Modules;
- Physical Optics;
- Solar Flux;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Systems Simulation;
- Optics