In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: Modelling and simulation
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...
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ftutoulouse3hal:oai:HAL:hal-02887846v1 2024-04-28T08:36:39+00:00 In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: Modelling and simulation Fleith, Patrick Cowley, Aidan Canals Pou, Alberto Valle Lozano, Aaron Frank, Rebecca López Córdoba, Pablo González-Cinca, Ricard European Astronaut Centre - ESA/EAC (GERMANY) Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya = Université polytechnique de Catalogne Barcelona (UPC) Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona Barcelona (ETSEIB) Luleå University of Technology = Luleå Tekniska Universitet (LUT) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT) 2020-02 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 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.pss.2019.104789 hal-02887846 https://hal.science/hal-02887846 https://hal.science/hal-02887846/document https://hal.science/hal-02887846/file/Fleith_26488.pdf doi:10.1016/j.pss.2019.104789 OATAO: 26488 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0032-0633 Planetary and Space Science https://hal.science/hal-02887846 Planetary and Space Science, 2020, 181, pp.1-12. ⟨10.1016/j.pss.2019.104789⟩ Thermal energy storage Thermoelectric MATLAB Moon ISRU [SDU.OTHER]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Other info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2020 ftutoulouse3hal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2019.104789 2024-04-11T00:25:03Z 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 regenerative fuel cells. Due to the long period of darkness on the Moon and the challenges this poses to the aforementioned conventional energy generation and storage technologies, there is a need to assess the potential of In-Situ Resources Utilization (ISRU) methods to enable or supplement long duration missions. We present a computational model (MATLAB) of a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system coupled to drive a heat engine (Thermoelectric Generator) to produce electricity. The TES medium designed is based off processed lunar regolith, an abundant material present on the surface of the Moon. The architecture has been optimized to provide a minimum electrical power of 36 W per unit after 66 h of polar night, but the modular nature of the model allows other ranges of parameter to be simulated. A trade-off between this ISRU-based concept and conventional approaches for energy production and storage was performed and ranked TES and thermoelectricity generation as the least appropriate option. This result is valuable in a period of enthusiasm towards ISRU. It shows that processes exploiting extraterrestrial materials instead of Earth supplies are not systematically attractive. Despite the non-favorable performances for the proposed concept, some perspectives for the TES system are given as well as potential model improvements such as the need to assess the use of a Stirling heat engine. Article in Journal/Newspaper polar night Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier: HAL-UPS Planetary and Space Science 181 104789 |
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Thermal energy storage Thermoelectric MATLAB Moon ISRU [SDU.OTHER]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Other Fleith, Patrick Cowley, Aidan Canals Pou, Alberto Valle Lozano, Aaron Frank, Rebecca López Córdoba, Pablo González-Cinca, Ricard In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: Modelling and simulation |
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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 regenerative fuel cells. Due to the long period of darkness on the Moon and the challenges this poses to the aforementioned conventional energy generation and storage technologies, there is a need to assess the potential of In-Situ Resources Utilization (ISRU) methods to enable or supplement long duration missions. We present a computational model (MATLAB) of a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system coupled to drive a heat engine (Thermoelectric Generator) to produce electricity. The TES medium designed is based off processed lunar regolith, an abundant material present on the surface of the Moon. The architecture has been optimized to provide a minimum electrical power of 36 W per unit after 66 h of polar night, but the modular nature of the model allows other ranges of parameter to be simulated. A trade-off between this ISRU-based concept and conventional approaches for energy production and storage was performed and ranked TES and thermoelectricity generation as the least appropriate option. This result is valuable in a period of enthusiasm towards ISRU. It shows that processes exploiting extraterrestrial materials instead of Earth supplies are not systematically attractive. Despite the non-favorable performances for the proposed concept, some perspectives for the TES system are given as well as potential model improvements such as the need to assess the use of a Stirling heat engine. |
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European Astronaut Centre - ESA/EAC (GERMANY) Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya = Université polytechnique de Catalogne Barcelona (UPC) Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona Barcelona (ETSEIB) Luleå University of Technology = Luleå Tekniska Universitet (LUT) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT) |
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In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: Modelling and simulation |
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In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: Modelling and simulation |
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In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: Modelling and simulation |
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In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: Modelling and simulation |
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In-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the Moon: Modelling and simulation |
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in-situ approach for thermal energy storage and thermoelectricity generation on the moon: modelling and simulation |
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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 |
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ISSN: 0032-0633 Planetary and Space Science https://hal.science/hal-02887846 Planetary and Space Science, 2020, 181, pp.1-12. ⟨10.1016/j.pss.2019.104789⟩ |
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