Experimental Investigation on the Feasibility of Using a Fresnel Lens as a Solar-Energy Collection System for Enhancing On-Orbit Power Generation Performance

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Parameter</td><td class="align_left">Condition</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Orbit</td><td class="align_left">Sun-synchronous, 600 km altitude</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Orbital period</td><td class="align_left">5801 seconds (sunlight/eclipse: 3682/2119 seconds)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Solar intensity</td><td class="align_left">1358 W/m<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Attitude control</td><td class="align_left">(i) Passive attitude-stabilization using permanent magnet<br/>(ii) Active three-axis attitude control<br/>(iii) Passive gravity-gradient attitude stabilization</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Solar cell</td><td class="align_left">Efficiency: 30%<br/>Cell area: 60.36 cm<sup>2</sup> (per panel)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Solar-energy collection system</td><td class="align_left"><svg height="8.98583pt" id="M30" style="vertical-align:-0.3499308pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 17.7415 8.98583" width="17.7415pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M535 230V280H323V490H265V280H52V230H265V-3H323V230H535Z" id="g117-36"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="587" vert-adv-y="587"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,7.631,0)"><path d="M748 650H522L515 622L546 617C580 611 587 604 565 575C518 513 469 451 419 393C376 474 349 534 330 580C318 609 325 612 361 618L383 622L392 650H151L144 622C214 616 224 612 257 543L360 327C270 218 187 124 159 95C106 40 92 34 26 28L17 0H252L259 28L236 31C189 37 188 47 209 78C249 136 308 210 377 294L478 79C494 44 487 37 449 32L418 28L409 0H673L680 28C596 34 591 39 554 116L436 361C526 469 574 521 604 553C659 612 669 614 739 622L748 650Z" id="g113-89"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="765" vert-adv-y="765"></glyph.data></g></svg>, <svg height="8.98583pt" id="M31" style="vertical-align:-0.3499308pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 17.7415 8.98583" width="17.7415pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M535 230V280H52V230H535Z" id="g117-33"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="587" vert-adv-y="587"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,7.631,0)"><path d="M748 650H522L515 622L546 617C580 611 587 604 565 575C518 513 469 451 419 393C376 474 349 534 330 580C318 609 325 612 361 618L383 622L392 650H151L144 622C214 616 224 612 257 543L360 327C270 218 187 124 159 95C106 40 92 34 26 28L17 0H252L259 28L236 31C189 37 188 47 209 78C249 136 308 210 377 294L478 79C494 44 487 37 449 32L418 28L409 0H673L680 28C596 34 591 39 554 116L436 361C526 469 574 521 604 553C659 612 669 614 739 622L748 650Z" id="g113-89"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="765" vert-adv-y="765"></glyph.data></g></svg> panel installation</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Conditions for the on-orbit power generation prediction.

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Table 7: Experimental Investigation on the Feasibility of Using a Fresnel Lens as a Solar-Energy Collection System for Enhancing On-Orbit Power Generation Performance 

Table 7 | Experimental Investigation on the Feasibility of Using a Fresnel Lens as a Solar-Energy Collection System for Enhancing On-Orbit Power Generation Performance 