Investigation of Primary Arc behaviour at Spacecraft Solar panel using Circuit Model

Authors

  • Minal Patel  Department of E & C Engg., Faculty of Technology, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India
  • Rizwan Alad  Department of E & C Engg., Faculty of Technology, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India
  • Ashish Pandya  Department of E & C Engg., Faculty of Technology, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India
  • Prarthan Mehta  Department of E & C Engg., Faculty of Technology, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India

Keywords:

High Voltage Solar Array, Decoupled mode, Limited current mode

Abstract

This article presents the single string circuit analysis of a high voltage solar array used in spacecraft for two standard modes namely decoupled mode and limited current mode of ground test ESD experiment. A linear circuit model is used to characterize the cover glass, solar cell interconnect, wiring by an LCR circuit and the primary arc by an equivalent LR circuit. This work discusses the effect of bias voltage and body capacitance in terms of discharge current profile, charge loss, primary arc current amplitude and duration.

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2018-04-10

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Minal Patel, Rizwan Alad, Ashish Pandya, Prarthan Mehta, " Investigation of Primary Arc behaviour at Spacecraft Solar panel using Circuit Model, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.509-518, March-April-2018.