Study on volt-ampere characteristics of solar array arcs in LEO spacecraft

Liying ZHU (朱立颖); Zhigang LIU (刘治钢); Xiaofeng ZHANG (张晓峰); Chao WANG (王超); Xiaofei LI (李小飞); Bingxin ZHAO (赵冰欣)

doi:10.1088/2058-6272/aaf18a

Plasma Science and Technology > 2019 > 21(2): 25302-025302. > DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/aaf18a

Liying ZHU (朱立颖), Zhigang LIU (刘治钢), Xiaofeng ZHANG (张晓峰), Chao WANG (王超), Xiaofei LI (李小飞), Bingxin ZHAO (赵冰欣). Study on volt-ampere characteristics of solar array arcs in LEO spacecraft[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2019, 21(2): 25302-025302. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/aaf18a

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Study on volt-ampere characteristics of solar array arcs in LEO spacecraft

Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering CAST, Beijing 100191, People’s Republic of China

Funds: This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51407008).

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Received Date: July 27, 2018

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The primary and secondary arcs volt-ampere characteristics of low earth orbit solar arrays are studied in this research. Using three gallium-arsenide solar cell samples, the gap lengths of the solar cell are set to 1, 2, and 3 mm. First, the primary arc voltage characteristics of a solar array are analyzed. It is found that two steps are involved in the primary arc voltages, which are 116 and 22 V according to our experiment and are independent of the electrostatic discharge current and the gap lengths. By comparing with the arc pattern, we determined that current chopping may be the reason for the stepped arc voltage. Then, the characteristics of the secondary arc of the solar array are demonstrated. The study shows that the secondary arc voltage values increase with the gap length. In the case of the same cell with a fixed gap length, the voltage of the secondary arc increases with the string current. Finally, the relationship between the secondary arc voltage and the gap length is obtained which helps the string voltage and the gap length selection for system design.
- primary arc,
- secondary arc,
- solar array

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