In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: Modelling and simulation

• Published in: Planetary and Space Science
• Main Authors: Fleith, Patrick, Cowley, Aidan, Canals Pou, Alberto, Valle Lozano, Aaron, Frank, Rebecca, López Córdoba, Pablo, González-Cinca, Ricard
• Other Authors: European Astronaut Centre - ESA/EAC (GERMANY), Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona (UPC), Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona Barcelona (ETSEIB), Luleå University of Technology (LUT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: Thermal energy storage; Thermoelectric; MATLAB; Moon; ISRU; [SDU.OTHER]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Other; Stirling; polar night
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02887846; https://hal.science/hal-02887846/document; https://hal.science/hal-02887846/file/Fleith_26488.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2019.104789

International audience Human, tele-operated rovers, and surface infrastructures are now being actively considered for lunar polar exploration. Current approaches to energy provision consider, among others, hybrid direct energy/chemical technologies, such as solar photovoltaic arrays, batteries, and...