Awards & Nominations
TULPARE has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
Global Nominee
Tulpare Atmospheric Energy System
High-Level Project Summary
Team Tulpare developed a novel energy storage system that is designed to work on Venus. The system utilizes heat generated fduring atmospheric entry. This heat is stored in sand, a cheap and sustainable method to store energy. The sand is heated up by dropping sand filled storages from the atmosphere of Venus. The energy generated is converted to electricity on the novel rover designed by team Tulpare. This system provides enough energy to power the rover for 118 days.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
The sand tankers heat up during atmospheric entry due to RAM PRESSURE. After dropping for 30 kilometers, the first batch of tankers are ejected. The center of gravity shifts and the module flips due to the change in mass. Since the tankers on the back are now on the front, they start heating up. After travelling for 20 kilometers, these are also dropped and parachutes of the rover are deployed. These "batteries" remain scattered through the surface to provide flexibility on missions. The rover has a turbine system to generate electricity from temperature differences. This system uses liquid lithium as fluids.
It is calculated that the turbines can generate electricity with %60 efficiency. Large sand storages (STORAGE 1 and 2) will gain 624.050.000 Joules per storage, and the smaller storages will gain 64.050.000 Joules per storage.
The daily energy consumption of the rover is calculated to be 6.912.000 Joules. These results point to large storages containing energy enough for 54 days each (108 days total), and the smaller storages cantaining energy for 5 days each (10 days total).
Space Agency Data
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at+desc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324
The data on Venus were very helpful since we could not have made the necessary calculations without it.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2012_phase_i_geoffrey_landis_venus_landsailer_zephyr.pdf
We used the rover provided as inspiration to our own rover and to make energy consumption estimates.
https://techport.nasa.gov/view/92914
We used this data to determine if we would use a mechanical or chemical energy storage method, we decided on a mechanical method.
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at+desc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324
We used the animations on this page as inspiration to our own system of generating heat.
Hackathon Journey
The Hackathon was quite magical although it was very tiring. It was very fun to see what your peers approach the problem you are also facing. Competition is always fun, however we did our best not let it blind us. We worked very hard and we succeeded, but we also had fun. We resolved setbacks through very long discussions and calculations. Our friendliness prevented any major problems. The process was mostly smooth. We decided on working on Venus since the challenge encompassed all of our abilities as a team.
We would like to thank Erdal Delebe and Samet Kopar for being great companions along our way.
References
https://grabcad.com/library/folding-solar-panel-array-1
https://bilimgenc.tubitak.gov.tr/makale/uydularda-kullanilan-gunes-panelleri
https://grabcad.com/library/rover-wheel-5
https://turkish.aawsat.com/home/article/3743491/finlandiya%E2%80%99da-geli%C5%9Ftirilen-kum-pili-ye%C5%9Fil-enerji-sorununu-%C3%A7%C3%B6zmeye-aday
https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-dunya-62050607.amp
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at+desc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2012_phase_i_geoffrey_landis_venus_landsailer_zephyr.pdf
https://techport.nasa.gov/view/92914
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1519/venus-resources/?page=0&per_page=40&order=created_at+desc&search=&tags=Venus&category=324
Tags
#design #venus #energy #AtmosphericEntry