نوع مقاله : علمی- ترویجی

نویسندگان

1 استادیار، گروه پژوهشی مولدهای انرژی، پژوهشکده مواد و انرژی، پژوهشگاه فضایی ایران، اصفهان، ایران

2 استادیار، گروه پژوهشی مولدهای انرژی، پژوهشکده مواد و انرژی، پژوهشگاه فضایی ایران

چکیده

تامین انرژی مورد نیاز فضاپیماها و ماهواره‌ها یک نیاز روزافزون است. به همین دلیل، یکی از حوزه‌های فعال در توسعه فناوری‌های فضایی است. در کنار آرایه‌های خورشیدی بستر صلب که به طور متداول استفاده می‌شوند، آرایه‌های خورشیدی دارای بستر منعطف و آرایه‌های خورشیدی دارای متمرکز کننده از دیگر دسته‌های موجود هستند. در این مقاله به بررسی پیشرفت‌ها و فناوری تجاری در هر یک از انواع آرایه‌های خورشیدی پرداخته می‌شود. آرایه‌های خورشیدی دارای بستر انعطاف‌پذیر از مواردی است که اخیراً در ماهواره‌ها مورد توجه قرار گرفته است. به نظر می‌رسد به دلیل جذابیت توان ویژه بالاتر و حجم کمتر این آرایه‌ها نسبت به آرایه‌های صلب، در آینده نزدیک جایگزین آرایه‌های صلب شوند.

کلیدواژه‌ها

موضوعات

عنوان مقاله [English]

A Review on Space Solar Arrays

نویسندگان [English]

  • S. Javid Mirahmadi 1
  • Mohamad Reza Nasresfahani 2

1 Assistant Professor, Institute of Materials and Energy, Iranian Space Research Center, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Materials and Energy, Iranian Space Research Center

چکیده [English]

Supplying the energy demanded by spacecraft and satellites is an ever-increasing need. As a result, it is an active field in developing space technologies. In addition to the commonly used rigid substrate solar arrays, flexible substrate and concentrator solar arrays are other available categories. This paper reviewed the developments and commercial technologies in each category. The flexible solar arrays, implemented in several spacecraft during the last two decades, have recently attracted attention in satellites. It seems that these arrays will replace rigid arrays in the near term due to their higher specific power and smaller stow volume than rigid arrays.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Solar array
  • Rigid solar panel
  • Flexible solar panel
  • Concentrator solar array
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