Rocketdyne Dynamos

Universal Event | Exploring Venus Together

Venus Thermoelectric Automaton Wanderer Rover

High-Level Project Summary

V-THAW is a heavy-duty automaton that carries mechanical measuring instruments to be able to gather scientific data despite working under dire environmental factors. Automatic and mechanical sensor-based traversal mechanism with the use of titanium steel cables and high grade components. Powered and protected by our own EMBER SHELL power generation and storage system, it is composed of a honeycomb cooling sodium-sulphur battery with ceramic electrolyte and a thermoelectric Peltier module shell that envelops the whole system to protect against Venus' extreme heat while simultaneously cooling the components and scientific instruments.

Link to Final Project

https://youtu.be/DAb

Link to Project "Demo"

https://youtu.be/DAb

Detailed Project Description

#SPACEAPPS2022

Space Agency Data

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-venus-rover-challenge-winners-announced/

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/entry-descent-landing/

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/mariner-10/in-depth/

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/SpacecraftQuery.jsp

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1973-085A

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

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

https://sbir.nasa.gov/SBIR/abstracts/21/sbir/phase1/SBIR-21-1-S3.03-3308.html

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

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

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/1.41886

Hackathon Journey

Our team used NASA data by incorporating existing technology that NASA has been implementing for a very long time such as well as learned from the Soviet's Venera lander missions.

References

https://www.energy.gov/supercritical-co2-tech-team

https://communities.acs.org/t5/GCI-Nexus-Blog/Why-is-CO2-a-Green-Solvent/ba-p/16071

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378381218303182

https://www.meerstetter.ch/customer-center/compendium/36-tec-controller-setup-guide

https://www.meerstetter.ch/customer-center/compendium/32-tec-peltier-element-design-guide

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431120339235

https://www.powerbattery.nl/resources/blog/four-methods-to-keep-electric-vehicle-batteries-cool/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/magnesium-metal

https://www.marlinwire.com/blog/inconel-use-case-examples

https://www.industrialheating.com/articles/94990-the-heat-treatment-of-inconel-718

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/sodium-sulfur-batteries

https://news.utexas.edu/2021/12/06/battery-dream-technology-a-step-closer-to-reality-with-new-discovery/

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/ra/c8ra08658c

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443767/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1385894720302503

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021979722010864

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167273817306501