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- Tilted static solar panels can collect up to 8.5 times as much solar energy as horizontal static panels, dependent on surface location and time of year. Static panels at optimal elevation angles and azimuthal pointing for their location were found to receive at minimum 53% of the solar energy available to sun-tracking panels.
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Aug 15, 2023 · Solar energy is an important source of power for Mars surface missions. We utilize the output of a 1D radiative transfer algorithm to investigate the optimal orientation of static, tilted solar panels across the planet and compare their available energy to that of sun-tracking panels.
•Fixed tilted panels (or tents) are simple, can enhance power for high latitude sites, East-West facing panel pairs broaden daily power generation hump, can achieve more strength/stiffness, effective passive
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- Richard Pappa, Thomas Kerslake
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- 2017
Reduced Solar Energy Availability Solar energy has long been the reliable choice for in-space power applications, but solar array designs on Mars must account for reduced solar flux, which is at most 45 percent of typical Earth solar flux values and varies significantly with geographic location and season.
Jan 27, 2017 · Solar energy could power a Mars base, but it would require a very large solar array to do so. One way to mitigate this would be to use an orbital solar array which would double the effective power provided from those panels.
The primary goal of this study was to compare the relative merits of solar- versus fission-powered versions of each surface mission. First, the team compared three different solar power options against a fission power system concept for a sub-scale, uncrewed demonstration mission.
- Michelle A. Rucker, Steve Oleson, Pat George, Geoffrey A. Landis, James Fincannon, Amee Bogner, Robe...
- 2016
Apr 7, 2021 · In any case, establishing a permanent outpost in Mars requires a flexible, scalable, reliable, and safe power system. Therefore, this paper is aimed at analysing power sources, transmission/coupling possibilities, topology, etc. for a near-future Mars colony.
May 1, 2016 · We evaluate the exergy efficiency from solar radiation on a global spatial scale using orbital data for a Martian year; and in a one single location in Mars (the Gale crater) but with an appreciable temporal resolution (1 h).
