High speed reaction wheels for satellite attitude control and energy storageThe combination of spacecraft attitude control and energy storage (ACES) functions in common hardware, to synergistically maintain three-axis attitude control while supplying electrical power during earth orbital eclipses, allows the generation of control torques by high rotating speed wheels that react against the spacecraft structure via a high efficiency bidirectional energy conversion motor/generator. An ACES system encompasses a minimum of four wheels, controlling power and the three torque vectors. Attention is given to the realization of such a system with composite flywheel rotors that yield high energy density, magnetic suspension technology yielding low losses at high rotational speeds, and an ironless armature permanent magnet motor/generator yielding high energy conversion efficiency.
Document ID
19860040124
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Studer, P. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rodriguez, E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)