Power System Research
Review of CubeSat EPS Architectures
New (March 2022) paper published by IEEE that reviews and gives names to various architectures for EPS that have been used on CubeSats.
A method by which to determine what characteristics we will need of the system is covered.
Various power storage methods and their pros and cons are covered; Li-ion batteries, ultracapacitors, and hybrid storage.
Only architectures EPS-10, EPS-8, and EPS-6 have 1) flight heritage and 2) are available as commercial products. The working principles, advantages, and disadvantages of these architectures is covered, as well as general vocabulary that will be useful to have in describing these architectures.
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