Microconcentrator Solar Panel Architectures Achieving High Specific Power for Deep Space Missions
Solar RRL, Volume 10, Issue 4, 26 February 2026.Microconcentrator photovoltaics (microCPV) are emerging as a promising solution for powering spacecraft in deep space, where conventional solar arrays are challenged by extremely low‐intensity, low‐temperature conditions. This work presents the design, development, and characterization of two optical architectures aiming at maximizing specific power (W/
Guido Vallerotto +8 more
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Portable machine welding head automatically controls arc [PDF]
, 1967 Portable weld tool makes weld repairs out-of-station and on the side opposite the original weld. It provides full automatic control of the arc voltage, current, wire feed, and electrode travel speed in all welding attitudes.
Oleksiak, C. E., Robb, M. A.
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Variable polarity arc welding [PDF]
Technological advances generate within themselves dissatisfactions that lead to further advances in a process. A series of advances in welding technology which culminated in the Variable Polarity Plasma Arc (VPPA) Welding Process and an advance ...
Bayless, E. O., Jr.
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Nanosilica treatment enables moisture-resistant hydrophobic arc welding covered electrodes. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Pasandeh M, Pouranvari M.
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A generalized method for multiple robotic manipulator programming applied to vertical-up welding [PDF]
The application is described of a weld programming algorithm for vertical-up welding, which is frequently desired for variable polarity plasma arc welding (VPPAW).
Andersen, Kristinn +4 more
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Corrosion Behavior of High-Nitrogen Steel Hybrid Welded Joints Fabricated by Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 You X +5 more
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Experimental and Simulation Study on Welding Characteristics and Parameters of Gas Metal Arc Welding for Q345qD Thick-Plate Steel. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 Zhang H +6 more
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Effects of filler on the microstructure and corrosion of similar and dissimilar gas inert tungsten arc welding aluminum alloys joints. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Gadallah EA +3 more
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Author Correction: Effects of filler on the microstructure and corrosion of similar and dissimilar gas inert tungsten arc welding aluminum alloys joints. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Gadallah EA +3 more
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