Method to estimate the energy efficiency of Power Conditioning Units in Spacecrafts Electric Power Systems
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Authors: Nesterishin M. V., Bukreev V. G., Kozlov R. V., Zhuravlev A. V.
Annotation: This article provides a definition of energy parameters of Power Conditioning Units (PCU), such as Power Transfer Factor (PTF) and intrinsic power consumption. It describes the method to define PTF and PCU power consumption.
Keywords: spacecraft electric power system, power conditioning units, own power consumption, power transfer factor, efficiency factor