Creative Velocity

Kuching | Exploring Venus Together

Creative Velocity

High-Level Project Summary

I have design an energy storage system using pull back mechanism that will power a surface lander or rover on Venus so that there is a viable energy storage capability for long-duration exploration missions. The Torsion spring will store energy when it winding up from the energy collected. When an system or parts need to be functional, the potential energy is then converted to other kinds of energy to be used. The energy can be replenished after used up.

Link to Final Project

https://youtu.be/p6KGLROWfAw

Link to Project "Demo"

https://youtu.be/TrdisWHKoj4

Detailed Project Description

The Creative Velocity solution combines the ideas of a toy car by which a Torsion Spring is wind up and wind down combining with the mechanism of oscillating fan, which helps to wind up the Torsion Spring. Since both electrical and chemical energy storage is less efficient in Venus, the Creative Velocity design makes use of a high temperature and corrosion resistant metal for mechanism, combined with NASA Alloy GRX-810that creates and combines the mechanism into a potential energy storage system.

The pull-back mechanism. No batteries required. Just firmly wind up the Torsion Spring, release it and watch it go. Some of the gears are moving as the more twist the spring, the tighter it gets and the more energy it stores. Once released, it will quickly unwind to release all the energy.

Due to a there's a chain reaction from gears turning will cause the spring to wind up or wind down. When the Torsion Spring is released and starts moving, gears move the other way which will then transfer the potential energy stored from Torsion Spring to other parts or system that required energy. The energy is replenish or stored again by winding up the Torsion Spring again. This can be replenish by using the wind flow from Venus to the fan that will be connected to the Torsion Spring.

Space Agency Data

Energy Storage Technologies for Future Planetary Science Missions

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/549/energy-storage-technologies-for-future-planetary-science-missions/

High Energy, Long Cycle Life, and Extreme Temperature Lithium-Sulfur Battery for Venus Missions

https://techport.nasa.gov/view/92914

Venus Resources

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at+desc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324

Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE)

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/automaton-rover-for-extreme-environments-aree/

Exploring Hell: Avoiding Obstacles on a Clockwork Rover

https://www.nasa.gov/exploring-hell-venus-rover-challenge

How Wind Up Mechanisms Work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIhx53ochwk

How does a Pull-Back Toy Car work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdvfiVebb_s

How does an Oscillating Fan work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVnrD9m3nSI

Hackathon Journey

My experience is that the 48 hours is quite busy hours as the time is shorter after deducting the hours to sleep. I learn to be more time management more as the need time to finish and submit this project on time. I approach by going to webinars and workshops hosted by local to understand more on the subjects. All the setbacks and challenges are resolved by searching for information on the websites and attending the chat to understand more on the subjects.