Location
Toomey Hall, Room 199
Presentation Date
April 22, 2023, 12:00pm - 1:10pm
Description
Energy is needed on the moon for many different purposes. It can be used for powering household appliances such as stoves, for powering laboratory equipment, as well as for many other things. By creating and maintaining a methane-powered electrical generation system, powered by the moon’s methane, the applications’ user will be able to produce electricity that can be utilized for many applications in daily life on the moon. This methane-powered generator will be similar to a vehicle engine, in that it will use the sun light on the moon and methane gas. Heat, carbon dioxide, and water would be the only byproducts of this system. The heat byproduct is further transformed into electricity by utilizing a thermoelectric generator. The electricity will be stored, and this stored energy could then be used during the fourteen days that the moon is dark, when electricity could not be generated by a photovoltaic cell, in order to run the machine.
Meeting Name
32nd Annual Spring Meeting of the NASA-Mo Space Grant Consortium
Document Type
Event
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 The Authors, all rights reserved.
Using Methane as an Energy Source on the Moon
Toomey Hall, Room 199
Energy is needed on the moon for many different purposes. It can be used for powering household appliances such as stoves, for powering laboratory equipment, as well as for many other things. By creating and maintaining a methane-powered electrical generation system, powered by the moon’s methane, the applications’ user will be able to produce electricity that can be utilized for many applications in daily life on the moon. This methane-powered generator will be similar to a vehicle engine, in that it will use the sun light on the moon and methane gas. Heat, carbon dioxide, and water would be the only byproducts of this system. The heat byproduct is further transformed into electricity by utilizing a thermoelectric generator. The electricity will be stored, and this stored energy could then be used during the fourteen days that the moon is dark, when electricity could not be generated by a photovoltaic cell, in order to run the machine.
