Session
Weekend Poster Session 1
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
Wireless electrical power transmission, also known as power beaming, is an old idea with renewed interest that has the potential to create a new solar power infrastructure. COSMIAC, a research center of The University of New Mexico School of Engineering, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Operational Energy – Innovation (OE-I) fund is developing a ground-based experiment aimed at supporting space-based wireless power transmission called Wolf. In parallel, AFRL is developing Arachne to demonstrate space-based power transmission to various receivers. The Wolf project is evaluating design concepts for potential rectenna-powered CubeSats by demonstrating ground-based power beaming capabilities using representative space flight hardware and characterizing the receiving rectennas, or rectifying antennas for the flight experiments. The successful demonstration of space-to-space power beaming has the potential to introduce new capabilities of significant interest to commercial and defense industries.
SSC23-WP1-15 Poster
Characterization and Modeling of Rectifying Antennas for Space-to-Space Power Transmission
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Wireless electrical power transmission, also known as power beaming, is an old idea with renewed interest that has the potential to create a new solar power infrastructure. COSMIAC, a research center of The University of New Mexico School of Engineering, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Operational Energy – Innovation (OE-I) fund is developing a ground-based experiment aimed at supporting space-based wireless power transmission called Wolf. In parallel, AFRL is developing Arachne to demonstrate space-based power transmission to various receivers. The Wolf project is evaluating design concepts for potential rectenna-powered CubeSats by demonstrating ground-based power beaming capabilities using representative space flight hardware and characterizing the receiving rectennas, or rectifying antennas for the flight experiments. The successful demonstration of space-to-space power beaming has the potential to introduce new capabilities of significant interest to commercial and defense industries.
