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Electrical Power System

Class name: D2S2.Model.Satellite.ElectricalPowerSystem Library: D2S2 Library

Inheritance ElectricalPowerSystem : SatellitePhysicalComponent : SatelliteComponent : ModelBase Implements ISatelliteComponent,ISatellitePhysicalComponent,IInitialisable

Details

This general component provides all the necessary functions for a satellite electrical power system.

This component has two dependency lists. A list of SolarPanel serves as power generators. The power consumers, of type SolarPanel, contains all the components in the satellite which draws power from this electrical system. At each simulations step all the the power that each power generator and power consumer is gathered and summed. The total Power Generated and Power Consumed are used along with a simplified battery model to determine the current Battery Capacity of the electrical system. The maximum charge of the battery is controlled by the Maximum Power Storage parameter.

Property Description
SolarPanels List of all power generating components
PowerConsumers List of all power consuming components

Initial Value Properties

Property Description
MaximumPowerStorage (Maximum Energy Storage) Maximum energy storage capacity of batteries [W.hr]
InitialPowerStorage (Initial Battery Energy) Initial energy stored in batteries [W.hr]
PowerUsage (Power Usage) Power usage [W]
Position (Position) Position [m]
Orientation (Orientation) Orientation Direction Cosine Matrix (DCM)
CentreOfMass (Centre of Mass) Centre of mass [m]
Mass (Mass) Mass [kg]
MomentOfInertia (Moment of Inertia) Moment of inertia matrix [kgm2]

State Properties

Property Description
PowerInUnit (Generated Power) Total power generated [W]
PowerOutUnit (Consumed Power) Total power consumption [W]
CurrentBatteryPower (Battery Capacity) Current capacity of the battery [W.hr]