TY - JOUR
T1 - A Comprehensive Review on CubeSat Electrical Power System Architectures
AU - Edpuganti, Amarendra
AU - Khadkikar, Vinod
AU - Moursi, Mohamed Shawky El
AU - Zeineldin, Hatem
AU - Al-Sayari, Naji
AU - Al Hosani, Khalifa
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Advanced Power and Energy Center at Khalifa University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 1986-2012 IEEE.
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - CubeSats have been popular for space research due to lower cost, faster development, and easier deployment. The electrical power system (EPS) is one of the significant subsystems for the CubeSat since it handles power generation, energy storage, and power distribution to all other subsystems. Therefore, the design of EPS becomes crucial for successful CubeSat mission, wherein the first step is the selection of EPS architecture. The main objective of this article is to present an extensive review of all the conventional and emerging EPS architectures of CubeSats. A total of 17 categories of CubeSat EPS architectures have been identified, classified, and the operational aspects of these architectures are presented in addition to a qualitative comparison. This article is expected to provide a useful reference guide for all the researchers and developers working in the area of CubeSats EPS. Also, some of the potential research topics are provided to further exploration and innovation for the CubeSat EPS.
AB - CubeSats have been popular for space research due to lower cost, faster development, and easier deployment. The electrical power system (EPS) is one of the significant subsystems for the CubeSat since it handles power generation, energy storage, and power distribution to all other subsystems. Therefore, the design of EPS becomes crucial for successful CubeSat mission, wherein the first step is the selection of EPS architecture. The main objective of this article is to present an extensive review of all the conventional and emerging EPS architectures of CubeSats. A total of 17 categories of CubeSat EPS architectures have been identified, classified, and the operational aspects of these architectures are presented in addition to a qualitative comparison. This article is expected to provide a useful reference guide for all the researchers and developers working in the area of CubeSats EPS. Also, some of the potential research topics are provided to further exploration and innovation for the CubeSat EPS.
KW - CubeSat
KW - dc-dc converters
KW - electrical power system (EPS)
KW - low earth orbit (LEO) satellites
KW - nanosatellites
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85114735080
U2 - 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3110002
DO - 10.1109/TPEL.2021.3110002
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85114735080
SN - 0885-8993
VL - 37
SP - 3161
EP - 3177
JO - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
IS - 3
ER -