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A Novel Hybrid Power Generation Method for Mars

Presented by:

Muhammad Akbar Hussain

Muhammad Akbar Hussain

    Mareekh Dynamics

 

Muhammad Mehdi Hussain

    Mareekh Dynamics

 

Muhammad Waqar Haider

    Mareekh Dynamics

 

One of the biggest challenges in establishing a long-term or permanent human settlement on Mars is the lack of availability of a reliable, sustained and substantial source of power. Mars lacks conventional resources for power generation. This includes low solar flux which can also become unavailable for many months at a time during global dust storms, no harnessable wind power due to extremely thin atmosphere, absence of fossil fuel, no known geothermal or radioactive mineral reserves, and no prospect of any hydro or tidal sources of power. Solar power and limited nuclear power in the form of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators carried from Earth may not be able to sustain human settlements bigger or longer-term than small short-term research bases. Mareekh Dynamics proposes a method of power generation on Mars which may be able to sustain a long-term and large-scale human settlement on the red planet. Our patented hybrid power generation technology will combine solar or limited nuclear power with a local and extremely abundant resource on Mars to generate sufficient amount of clean energy utilizing unique attributes of the Martian environment. This sustained power generation technology will enable establishment of a permanent human presence on Mars on a large scale. This paper discusses the physical and engineering principles behind the concept and how this power generation method can be implemented in the existing technology.

Category:

Mars

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