Low Temperature Sub-kW Power and Energy Storage for the Lunar Surface
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Venue: Virtual
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The Moon provides an expansive landscape of thermal extremes with requirements far beyond most terrestrial technologies. In particular, the permanently shadowed regions near the lunar poles, rich in science and containing potentially commercially relevant volatiles, reach ultra-cold temperatures ranging down to tens of degrees Kelvin.
While technologies such as nuclear fission and regenerative fuel cells offer large-scale solutions for power during periods of darkness on the Moon, lower-power options such as batteries that will survive or operate within the ultra-cold or over large temperature regimes, as well as strategies that ensure survival through hibernation during periods of eclipse, are immediate needs critical for operations on the lunar surface and beyond.
Meeting these needs will unlock dramatic potential, including enabling longer-term CPLS missions and resource evaluation within permanently shadowed regions that will inform avenues for commercialization of the Moon.
In this workshop, we will discuss near-term solutions for power during the lunar night at the sub-kW regime, with particular interest in the following topics:
The agenda will include
PRESENTER | ORGANIZATION | TALK TITLE |
Richard Ambrosi | University of Leicester - Space Park Leicester | European Radioisotope Power and Heat Solutions for Lunar Applications |
Gary Barnhard | Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc. (XISP-Inc) | Surviving The Lunar Night: Power and Ancillary Services Beaming as Part of an End-to-End Power System V1-1 |
John Bucknell | Virtus Solis Technologies, Inc. | Highly Efficient Thermoelectric Storage for Lunar Small-Scale Consumers |
David Bugby | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology | Passive Thermal Management Technologies for Lunar Day/Night Survivability |
Nathan Davis | OxEon Energy | A SOXE-PEM Hybrid Energy Storage System for Continuously Powered Lunar Operations (HESS-CPLO) |
Shanti Garman | University of Washington | Wireless Power Transfer as a Thermal Management Solution for Mobility Energy Storage: CubeRover Lunar Night Survival Study Using Magnetically Coupled Resonators |
Christopher Greer | The Pennsylvania State University | Surviving the Lunar Night Using Metal Oxidation Warming Systems with Electricity Cogeneration |
Alex Ignatiev | Metox Technologies and University of Houston | Using Lunar Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (LSMES) for NASA Artemis Program |
Randall Kirschman | Electronics for Cryogenic Temperatures – Real and Ready | |
Richard Oeftering | NASA Glenn Research Center | Battery and Electronics Technologies for Lunar Power Hibernation |
Nick Rolston | Arizona State University | Improving Thermomechanical Reliability of Li-Ion Batteries to Withstand Freeze-Thaw Process (Thermal Cycling) |
Arijit Sengupta | Vanderbilt University | Operation of Silicon Carbide Power Devices under Lunar Surface Temperatures |
Event Details
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2022
Location: Virtual
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