Analysis and Design of a Recyclable Inductive Power Transfer System for Sustainable Multi-Stage Rocket Microgrid with Multi-Constant Voltage Output Characteristics—Theoretical Considerations

Peng Gu (), Shibo Wang and Bowen Zhou
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Peng Gu: College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Shibo Wang: College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Bowen Zhou: College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 22, 1-15

Abstract: After a traditional one-time rocket is launched, most of its parts will fall into the atmosphere and burn or fall into the ocean. The parts cannot be recycled, so the cost is relatively high. Multi-stage rockets can be recovered after launch, which greatly reduces the cost of space launches. Moreover, recycling rockets can reduce the generation of waste and reduce pollution and damage to the environment. With the reduction in rocket launch costs and technological advances, space exploration and development can be carried out more frequently and economically. It provides technical support for the sustainable use of space resources. It not only promotes the sustainable development of the aerospace field but also has a positive impact on global environmental protection, resource utilization, and economic development. In order to adapt to the stage-by-stage separation structure of the rocket, this paper proposes a new multi-stage rocket inductive power transfer (IPT) system to power the rocket microgrid. The planar coil structure is used to form wireless power transfer between each stage of the rocket, reducing the volume of the magnetic coupling structure. The volume of the circuit topology structure is reduced by introducing an auxiliary coil. An equivalent three-stage S/T topology is proposed, and the constant voltage output characteristics of multiple loads are analyzed. A multi-stage coil structure is proposed to supply power to multiple loads simultaneously. In order to eliminate undesired magnetic coupling between coils, ferrite cores are added between coils for effective electromagnetic shielding. The parameters of the magnetic coupling structure are optimized based on the finite element method (FEM). A prototype of the proposed IPT system is built to simulate a multi-stage rocket. A series of experiments are conducted to verify the advantages of the proposed IPT system, and the three-stage rocket system efficiency reached 88.5%. This project is theoretical. Its verification was performed only in the laboratory conditions.

Keywords: inductive power transfer; multi-stage rocket; microgrid; equivalent three-stage S/T topology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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