A virtual instrument for the testing and performance evaluation of a microsatellite power supply system

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1808-1815

  Zheng, Chao ^a   Low, Kay Soon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Battery; Microsatellite; Modeling; Power supply system (PSS); Virtual instrument (VI)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INSTRUMENT TESTING; SATELLITES; TESTING;

CONVERTERS (PAPER INDUSTRY); CRITICAL PARTS; MICRO SATELLITES; NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY , SINGAPORE; NATIONAL LABORATORIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (PE); POWER SUPPLIES; POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; SECONDARY POWER SOURCES; SINGAPORE; SOFTWARE SIMULATIONS; SOLAR ARRAYS; TEST AND MEASUREMENT; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT (VI);

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 48749100362     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.923772     Document Type: Article

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