Spacecraft Power Systems presents comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals, design-trades, components, controls, and operations of spacecraft power systems. It includes emerging high voltage systems for in-space propulsion for interplanetary travels.
With new and updated chapters, sections, and discussions, the second edition covers current high-voltage MW-scale electric propulsion, updated PV and battery systems, spacecraft power components, power electronics, and their architectures and operations. The book explores the latest in spacecraft design processes and trades, controls, operations, and protection.
The book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate mechanical, aerospace, and electrical engineering students taking courses in Space Systems, Space Engineering, and Spacecraft Power Systems, as well as practicing aerospace and power engineers and managers who are designing, developing, and operating spacecraft power systems.
About the Author: Dr. Mukund R. Patel, PhD, PE, has served as a Professor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY; Principal Engineer at General Electric Space Division in Valley Forge, PA; Fellow Engineer at Westinghouse Research Center in Pittsburgh, PA; Senior Staff Engineer at Lockheed Martin in Princeton, NJ; Development Manager at Bharat Bijlee (Siemens) in Mumbai, India; and 3M McKnight Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. He has over 50 years of internationally recognized experience in research, development, design, and education of the state-of-the-art electrical power equipment and systems. Dr. Patel obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Power from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Pittsburgh; M.E. in Electrical Machine Design with Distinction from Gujarat University and B.E.E. with Distinction from Sardar University, India.
Dr. Patel is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK), Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Senior Life Member of IEEE, Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, Chartered Mechanical Engineer in the UK, and a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi and Omega Rho. He is an Associate Editor of Solar Energy, the journal of the International Solar Energy Society. He has presented and published over 50 research papers at national and international conferences and journals, holds several patents, has earned NASA recognition for exceptional contribution to the power system design for the UAR Satellite, and was nominated by NASA for an IR-100 award. He has authored five books published by CRC Press, and major chapters on electrical power in handbooks such as the International Handbook on Space Technologies published by Praxis and Springer, Energy Storage in Technology, Humans, and Society Towards a Sustainable World, and Solar Power in Marine Engineering Handbook published by SNAME.
Dr. Omid Beik, Ph.D. received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 2016. He was a Postgraduate Researcher with the Power Conversion Group, University of Manchester, U.K. (2011-2012) and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (2016-2017). Dr. Beik was a Senior Engineer with Magna Powertrain Inc., Concord, Ontario, Canada (2017-2018), a Lead R&D Engineer with Mirus International Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada (2018-2019), and a Senior Manager with Forte Mobility Co. Ltd., Aurora, Ontario, Canada (2020-2021). He is currently an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. Dr. Beik is a Senior Member of IEEE, has served as an Editor/Associate Editor for different IEEE Transactions, and in various roles in the organizing committee of IEEE/international conferences.
