A Solar Power System for High Altitude Airships
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-toledo13060774272021-08-03T06:08:03Z A Solar Power System for High Altitude Airships Mei, Qiang Electrical Engineering This research is intended to produce a power system suitable for an aerostat operating at 67,500 ft and powered only by solar energy. A battery will be charged during daylight hours and will then power the system whenever adequate sunlight is not available. To obtain adequate solar energy, it is necessary to mount solar panels on several different surfaces such as the top, two sides, and the front of the aerostat. Although power can be provided by all of these panels, their output curves can vary widely because of various levels of solar intensity. These panels should not beconnected in parallel because the higher power panels will be loaded by the lower power panels. Therefore a system that provides peak power tracking (PPT) for each of the panel surfaces is proposed in this research. Moreover, in order to guarantee thesafety of the battery, a battery management system (BMS) is included. Embedded systems are applied to the solar power system to realize the PPT and BMS functions. Communication between PPTs and the BMS is implemented by a CAN (Controller Area Network) serial data link. A 1500W Laboratory Prototype will be developed tovalidate the feasibility of the proposed solar power system for the aerostat. 2011-06-10 English text University of Toledo / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1306077427 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1306077427 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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