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Títol: An approach for an ISRU thermal system to sustain long-term missions for lunar rovers
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PAVÓN CASTILLO, BLANCA (data lectura: 14-07-2022)- Cerca aquest projecte a Bibliotècnica
PAVÓN CASTILLO, BLANCA (data lectura: 14-07-2022)Director/a: GONZÁLEZ CINCA, RICARD
Departament: FIS
Títol: An approach for an ISRU thermal system to sustain long-term missions for lunar rovers
Data inici oferta: 02-02-2022 Data finalització oferta: 02-10-2022
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| Tipus: Individual | |
| Lloc de realització: EETAC | |
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| Thermal Wadi, rover, Moon, ISRU, thermoelectric, COMSOL | |
| Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats: | |
| A thermal control system for a lunar rover will be simulated by
means of COMSOL |
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| Overview (resum en anglès): | |
| Nowadays, the interest in setting up a human base outside the Earth has set its sight on our satellite. Aiming to the intention of building a Human Lunar Base, humans have launched several missions in order to improve lunar research. Rovers and probes have landed on the Moon and obtained promising results from their findings and explorations. Despite the success in research on the satellite using rovers, the operations at the Moon with rovers require the endurance of those during the lunar night.
The night on the Moon is a period during which temperatures reach about 100 K due to the absence of sunlight, given the slow rotation rate of the satellite. Due to these severe conditions in the lunar environment, rovers performing long-duration missions are required a heat source. The Thermal Wadi concept is a device that sustains rovers¿ temperature during cold lunar nights, and can be built from in-situ lunar materials. The usage of in-situ resources utilization (ISRU) to build the system solves the adversities that Radioisotope Power Systems ¿the current system used for space exploration maintenance¿ have. Representing a significant reduction in the cost of lunar missions, ISRU is key in the future of space exploration. The aim of this work is to design, simulate and analyze a thermal system to sustain long-term missions for rovers on the Moon. The arrangement of the system and the energy provided by it will be described and analyzed during this project. The main goal is to implement the Thermal Wadi concept and combine prior research results to assess the most possibly optimized system. Also, the manufacturing of all the elements with ISRU materials will be prioritized and evaluated, in order to study the best condition on the lunar surface. This project could serve for future implementation of a Human Lunar Base using the Thermal Wadi as one of its thermal systems. |
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