European Space Thermal Engineering Workshop 2023

Session

Lunar generic

LG

11 Oct 2023, 09:00

Einstein and Newton (ESA/ESTEC)

Conveners

Lunar generic

• Alexandre Darrau (ESA)

56. Lunar Surface Simulation Methodology for Thermal Analyses on Moving Surface Objects

Joel Guetzlaff (FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences)

11/10/2023, 09:00

thermal analysis and software tools

In this contribution, the concept of a thermal simulation environment for moving objects on the lunar surface is presented. The goal of this thermal simulation environment is to enable the reliable calculation of the temperature behaviour of a given object on the lunar surface by providing the respective transient heat fluxes for a mission on a given travel path.
At first, the modelling...

59. Thermal analysis of a student developed micro-rover

Ines Uriol Balbin (Delft University of Technology), Riccardo Brambilla (TU Delft, Lunar Zebro)

11/10/2023, 09:30

thermal analysis and software tools

In the quest for planetary exploration, rovers have played a pivotal role in gathering crucial data and expanding our understanding of the planetary surfaces. Currently, due to the active participation of the ESA in NASA’s Artemis program, the European space industry is actively developing technologies for lunar surface exploration such as robotic rovers.
In this context, TU Delft’s Zebro...

95. Development and testing of the Active Thermal Switch (ATS)

Tobias Flecht (LunarOutpost EU)

11/10/2023, 10:00

Lunar Night Survival

With the growing interest in lunar missions during the last few years, the demand for technologies which allow hardware to survive the extreme conditions of the lunar night has increased. One promising approach is to enable high performance bi-directional thermal control in space applications.

Lunar Outpost EU has developed and tested an active thermal switch for this purpose. The device...