China Project to Chase the Sun: Space-based Solar Power
A “ground recipient verification system” has been constructed to enable next-generation microwave power wireless transmission technology and space-based solar power plant technology.
A research team from Xidian University has wrapped up the world's first full-chain, system-wide ground verification for space solar power station this month, displaying multiple key know-hows for the futuristic project known as Zhuri or chasing the sun.
(Xidian University/Handout via Xinhua) BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China has made a milestone advance in its effort to build a solar power station in space to convert the sunlight in outer space into an electrical supply to drive the satellites in orbits or transmit power back to the Earth.
The Space Solar Power Station (SSPS), a hotspot technology, is a space-based power generation system used to collect solar energy before converting it to electricity and then to microwaves. The sunlight is brighter outside the atmosphere and shines almost all day.
The primary tech challenge is to minimize the energy loss during changes in energy of different forms. Firstly, the researchers worked to adjust the angles of the huge collecting lens in light of the solar altitude. At the center of the lens are solar cell arrays linked to transmitting antennas.
A “ground recipient verification system” has been constructed to enable next-generation microwave power wireless transmission technology and space-based solar power plant technology.
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