@inproceedings{06c4b9d4a28d471097f0408b4f36f09c,
title = "Influence and efficiency of energy harvesting on the process of de-orbiting using bare electrodynamic tether system",
abstract = "Electrodynamic tether system can provide energy on the process of de-orbiting. The energy can be used to maintain the working of the electronics in the system without any extra power. In order to store the energy, a Li-ion battery with constant voltage is employed in this study. A numerical simulation code is established to discuss the influence of the added battery on the performance of a bare tether system and the efficiency of energy harvesting on the process of de-orbiting. The battery voltage and orbit inclination is changed and the process of the de-orbiting is simulated to see the changes. The results show that the higher battery voltage is, the lower thrust, the lower energy efficiency and larger power value will be if the voltage is a reasonable value. For a bare tether system only used for de-orbiting mission, the energy efficiency keeps at an extremely low degree but the power value may be enough for electronics.",
keywords = "Bare electrodynamic tether, De-orbiting, Energy harvesting, Li-ion battery, Thrust",
author = "Qimeng Xia and Kan Xie and Xiangyang Liu and Zhiwe Wu and Ningfei Wang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.; 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2016 ; Conference date: 25-07-2016 Through 27-07-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.2514/6.2016-5110",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781624104060",
series = "52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2016",
publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA",
booktitle = "52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2016",
}
