Imagination Factory

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WE ARE CREATING A THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR FOR VENUS

Thermoelectric generator is an electric device that converts heat energy produced from a heat source directly into electrical energy.

-We are going to use Venus’s Atmospheric heat to generate electricity.

-We are using Titanium as the main material to create our Thermoelectric Generator.

Because :

-IT IS A GOOD INSULATOR.

-RESISTANCE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE AND ACIDITY.

-IT IS A LIGHT AND STRONG METAL WITH LOW DENSITY.

Benefits:

-We use venus' s atmospheric heat which NEVER RUNS OUT.

-Very reliable because of the simplicity and low amount of moving part.

How does it works ?

1. The heating panels heat up due to Venus’s high atmospheric temperature.
2. The temperature difference between the heating panels and the heatsink increase. 
3. The temperature difference between the heatsink and the heating panel causes the thermopile to generate voltage.
4. The heating panels cool down and the heatsink heats up. The voltage is used to power the systems of the spacecraft. 

Source of energy: Venus's atmosphere.

It can use as much as the amount of energy that can be produced.

It has no self-discharge rate.

Overall diameter of our Thermoelectric generator with fins is 45.1 cm and the length is 120.2cm.

The mass of our Thermoelectric generator is 70 kg.

It is volume is 63 dm3.

It's operation temperature range is between 200 °C- 600-°C.

The divice does not use the energy release during the atmospheric enrty and descent.

It requires a protective case

It can be operated in any orientation as long as the heating panels are exposed to a sufficient amount of heat energy.

We designed our Thermoelectric generator according to Venus's atmospheric temperature, pressure, acidity rate as well as Venus's other properties.

It can be recharged thousands of time.

It can tolerate the forces and vibrations due to launch, reentry, descent, and landing.

The system can withstand low damge int the protective case and medium amounts of damage in the heatsink and heating panels any other place that is damaged will cause failure.

Materials we used :

Heatsink

Thermopile

Nitrogen coolant tank

Batteries

-We used Autodesk Fusion 360 to design the 3D model of the THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR and we used Microsoft PowerPoint to generate a slide.

We used the data of Venus's atmospheric heat, the pressure and the acidity from Nasa's website to develope our project and choose the right materials for our Thermoelectric Generator.

“Venus Resources – NASA Solar System Exploration.” NASA, NASA, 14 Sept. 2022, https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at%2Bdesc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324. 

“THE CHALLENGE.” 2019.Spaceappschallenge.org, https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/planets-near-and-far/memory-maker/details. 

We chose this challange because of the interests all of us in science and space. During this challange we all learned CAD.

We resolved setbacks by brainstorming as a group.

“Venus Resources – NASA Solar System Exploration.” NASA, NASA, 14 Sept. 2022, https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at%2Bdesc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324. 

“THE CHALLENGE.” 2019.Spaceappschallenge.org, https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/planets-near-and-far/memory-maker/details. 

“Thermoelectric Generator.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Aug. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_generator. 

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