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HMM<br />

Assessment Study<br />

Report: CDF-20(A)<br />

February 2004<br />

page 306 of 422<br />

For this mission, the short stay on the surface is not sufficient for the fuel production. A trade-off<br />

has been performed in combination with the life support subsystem concluding that such a<br />

recycling design is not advantageous in term of mass.<br />

Primary and regenerative fuel cells are kept as candidates for this mission.<br />

Therefore, the fuel cell model is inspired from [RD5].<br />

4.3.5.4.4 Conclusions<br />

For the power subsystem of the Habitation Module, the topologies kept for the design are:<br />

• Use of a secondary Li-Ion improved battery with solar cells (either thin film or mounted<br />

on rigid panels).<br />

• Use of a regenerative fuel cell that can be daily recharged with solar cells (either thin film<br />

or mounted on rigid panels).<br />

• Use of a primary H 2 /O 2 fuel cells with tanks sized for providing the total energy required<br />

on the surface.<br />

The sizing of these several subsystems are hereafter performed and compared.<br />

4.3.5.5 Surface habitation module power design<br />

4.3.5.5.1 Inputs and assumptions<br />

4.3.5.5.1.1 Solar cells<br />

The landing requirement area is all in the range between 20°N to 20°S. Figure 4-54 shows the<br />

daily solar energy on a horizontal surface of 1 m² depending on the latitude and the solar<br />

longitude of Mars. An absolute design that is fit for all landing dates would require as input an<br />

irradiance of 2000 Wh/m²/day.<br />

Since the size of the solar panels is critical and the window of landing for the crew is about one<br />

terrestrial year, it has been chosen to add the following power constraint: “Surface Operations<br />

are not possible when the irradiance is under 3500 Wh/m²/day”.<br />

This new operation requirement does not forbid any landing latitude. For every latitude in the<br />

range 20°N to 20°S, at least two time-opportunities are possible for a landing.<br />

The periods in which landing on the surface will not be possible are summarized in Figure 4-55.<br />

Dust accumulation and contingency surface operations duration have been taken into account.

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