Spacecraft Power Systems detailed syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engg) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Aerospace Engg students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENT & DESIGN CONSIDERATION
Orbit definition /Mission Requirements of LEO, GEO, GTO & HEO, Lunar orbits, IPO with respect to Power Generation – Power System Elements – Solar aspect angle Variations.
Unit II
POWER GENERATION
Study of Solar spectrum – Solar cells – Solar Panel design – Solar Panel Realization – Solar Panel testing – Effects of Solar cells and panels (IR, UV, Particles).
Unit III
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Unit IV
POWER CONVERTERS
DC – DC converters – Basic Convertors – Buck, Boost, Buck- boost converter -Derived converters: Fly back converter – Transformer coupled forward converter – Push-Pull converter -CUKs convertor- Resonant converter – Voltage and current regulators.
Unit V
POWER CONTROL, CONDITIONING AND DISTRIBUTION
Solar Array Regulators – Battery changing schemes – Protection Schemes – Distribution -Harness – Thermal Design – EMI/EMC/ESD/Grounding schemes for various types of circuits and systems.
Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
- Apply the advanced concepts of Spacecraft power systems.
- Provide the necessary mathematical knowledge that are needed in modelling the power systems.
- Have an exposure on various Power system elements, energy storage technology and power converters.
- Deploy these skills effectively in the analysis and understanding of power systems in a spacecraft.
- Have exposure on solar regulators, battery charging schemes and thermal design of space craft.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Bauer P., “Batteries for Space Power Systems”, NASA SP-172, 1968.
- Hyder, A k et.al, “Space Power Technologies”, Imperial College Press London, 2000.
- Peter Fortescue, Graham Swinerd, John Stark, “Spacecraft Systems Engineering”, 4th Ed., Willey, 2011.
- Ned Mohan, et al, “Power Electronics, convertors Applications and Design”, John Wiley & Sons, 1989.
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