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A Solar Power System for High Altitude Airships

Mei, Qiang
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1306077427

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2011, Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University of Toledo, College of 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 be connected 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 the safety 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 to validate the feasibility of the proposed solar power system for the aerostat.
Thomas Stuart (Committee Chair)
Walter W. Olsen, PhD (Committee Member)
Mohsin M. Jamali, PhD (Committee Member)
Junghwan Kim, PhD (Committee Member)
Devinder Kaur, PhD (Committee Member)
Electrical Engineering

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  • Mei, Q. (2011). A Solar Power System for High Altitude Airships [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1306077427

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mei, Qiang. A Solar Power System for High Altitude Airships. 2011. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1306077427.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mei, Qiang. "A Solar Power System for High Altitude Airships." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1306077427

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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