Model based maximum power point tracking for satellite application

• Main Author: Lew, Jia Min
• Other Authors: Ali Iftekhar Maswood
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Power electronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71872
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

For a satellite, the primary power source is the solar energy. The amount of harvested solar energy will determine the depth of discharge of the battery in each orbit. This will in term decides the lifespan of the satellite. Hence, the ability to extract the maximum power from the Sun given any oper...