Development of A Load Control Algorithm to Enhance Energy Sustainability for the International Space Station

TL;DR

This paper introduces a load control algorithm designed to optimize energy management on the ISS, improving sustainability and reliability through simulation-based evaluation of the spacecraft's power system.

Contribution

The paper develops and tests a novel load control algorithm specifically tailored for the ISS's energy system, emphasizing its role in enhancing energy sustainability for critical space systems.

Findings

Algorithm improves energy utilization efficiency

Simulation demonstrates increased system reliability

Highlights importance of load control in space energy management

Abstract

This paper presents a load control algorithm for control of energy sources and loads to enhance energy sustainability and reliability of the International Space Station (ISS), which is a large spacecraft in orbit around Earth. In this paper, the ISS electric power system was simulated in MATLAB/Simulink to be able to evaluate the performance of the developed algorithm in a simulated environment. This study also aims to emphasize the importance of load control algorithms on energy sustainability for critical systems, like ISS, having limited energy sources.