High-Level Project Summary
The energy storage system relies on storing energy in lithium sulfur batteries, and in order to preserve the batteries from damage because of the environment of Venus, we used a heat shield made of carbon fiber surrounding the system as it holds a temperature of up to 1200 C, In this way, we will protect the system from the extreme environment of, Venus as the shield will act as a thermal insulator for the battery and the whole system to protect them from damage, The importance of this is that we can make a trips on Venus last at least longer than 60 or even 100 days, so that we can explore more about Venus and know more about It's surface and environment.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
The Stirling engine works to convert heat into energy and store it in batteries, by absorbing heat from the atmosphere of Venus and converting it into energy, then it is stored in a rechargeable lithium battery, which has a high density and bears a high temperature ranging from 200 to 500 degrees Celsius, and then this is transferred Energy to the vehicle's engine to be able to move and explore the planet Venus.
An electronic circuit sensor connected to the battery was placed to give an indication when the battery charge rate was low or the charge percentage was full, and it was linked to the starter, which gives the Stirling engine an impulse to start its work.
In order to keep the batteries and the system as a whole from being damaged by the Venus environment.
we used for the project Hard ware and 3D model video. we also make a prototype with a simple materials like wood, CD, candle and a can.
Space Agency Data
- NASA
- Canadian Space Agency
- European Space Agency
Because they provide the sources in a simple way that anyone can understand, even if they are not an expert in this field, and also offer them interesting pictures and sources to learn more about this field.
Hackathon Journey
As a Nasa Hackathoners our journey started from the moment we decided to join the hackathon, and from that moment our learning journey has became a very valuable one, because we learned a lot of new information and we gained a great experience in spite of our young age . and from the research we did, the people we asked, the books we read and the new people we knew, we took the inspiration to choose the challenge of exploring Venus together, and the importance this challenge is that we can know the changes happened on Venus throughout the ages so that we can knows so we will know what different path Venus took and made it different from our planet even though they were similar in the beginning.
By collaborating, time management and hard working our team was able to develop and improve the idea, where in the first we thought of using batteries to store energy, and then we found that the most suitable battery to use is lithium sulfur, and since they are rechargeable batteries and because the climate of Venus has a high temperature, we thought that we would recharge the batteries by using a sterling engine, which will convert the heat Unused in the atmosphere of Venus to energy useful in the operation of vehicles bound for Venus. Through cooperation, perseverance and understanding among the team members, we were able to overcome the problems we faced, such as the problem of the Stirling engine not moving except with an initial push.
I want to thank all the members of the team and specially the Team leader, they all were reliable and handworkers, and I wish them all to be a successful on their life because they are a wonderful change makers.
References
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at+desc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324
https://sbir.nasa.gov/SBIR/abstracts/21/sbir/phase1/SBIR-21-1-S3.03-3308.html
https://techport.nasa.gov/view/92914
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/549/energy-storage-technologies-for-future-planetary-science-missions/
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at+desc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324
https://www.energy.gov/articles/top-9-things-you-didn-t-know-about-carbon-fiber
https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/downloads/carbon-fiber-technology-facility-cftf
https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/development-high-energy-lithium-sulfur-batteries
https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/nanostructured-design-sulfur-cathode-high-energy-lithium-sulfur-batteries
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https://zoltek.com/carbon-fiber/how-is-carbon-fiber-made/
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt
Tags
#Venus, #Exploring Venus together, #hardware, #energy, #energy storage system.