[amsat-bb] Re: Hot solar panels

[G0MRF@aol.com]

In a message dated 16/01/2011 18:50:42 GMT Standard Time, bruninga at usna.edu 
 writes:

For what  it is worth, we have just completed our in-depth thermal analysis
of the 4  deployable solar panels on our cubesat (Psat) and were shocked to
learn how  hot they will get.  Probably 90C or nearly  boiling.


If it's sun pointing....just use thermocouple junctions and a radiator on  
the back.....
Or maybe a few thermo electric coolers will output a volt or two at several 
 amps ??
 
David  G0MRF