High-Level Project Summary
We developed a process to power a rover on Venus using thermal energy using the seebeck effect. It solves the challange because it is designed to work in Venus' harsh environment and is an alternative to current batteries that do not work on Venus. This is important because it could power missions for longer than a battery and long term missions to the surface of Venus can finally be completed.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Space Agency Data
We used NASA data on the climate on Venus (https://data.nasa.gov/Earth-Science/VENUS-CLIMATE-ORBITER-IR2-CALIBRATED-DATA-V1-0/cciw-kayd) to get an understanding of the weather conditions on the planet.
Hackathon Journey
Space apps was fun, but we felt the challenge was a little general. Lots of participants, including us, were asking questions on Discord such as what size rover are we supposed to power. We learned a lot about material sciences, space weather, and power generation. We chose the challange because we felt it was best suited to our team's skills.
References
- https://www.britannica.com/science/Seebeck-effect
- https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/549/energy-storage-technologies-for-future-planetary-science-missions/
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267659545_Numerical_simulation_parametric_study_and_optimization_of_thermoelectric_generators_for_self-cooling_of_devices?fbclid=IwAR3qU1C3hF57dfoIiZ8GClUkG_R_Lscox8nqbeDfkui5NX1T5lKv4SzJKHU
- https://data.nasa.gov/Earth-Science/VENUS-CLIMATE-ORBITER-IR2-CALIBRATED-DATA-V1-0/cciw-kayd
Tags
#venus #power