Publication Date:
2006-02-14
Description:
Telemetry from the Living Plume Shield's gallium arsenide solar panel experiment was evaluated to determine degradation. The data were culled to preclude spurious results from possible shadowing or inaccurate measurements on a cold array. Two independent methods were then used to obtain the maximum power points and the various characteristics of the solar array. Fill factor, open circuit voltage, short circuit current, and series and shunt resistances were examined. The data analysis concluded that, to date, nearly all of the solar array degradation is due to the reduction in the short circuit current.
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
NASA. Lewis Research Center Space Photovoltaic Res. and Technol. 1983; p 81-89
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