A self-cleaning system, sensors detect the rover solar panel through the dust, and clean the battery plates by electrode surface, thus ensuring the smooth panels always in the state.
According to reports, of Boston University scientists recently claimed, designed by NASA’s Mars Rover technology will be used to improve and enhance the Earth’s solar energy use efficiency, thereby effectively address global energy issues.
On Mars, if the rover solar panels were covered with dust that is bound to affect the energy output. However, NASA scientists have for the Mars Rover from cleaning system designed to help Mars rover from sand and dust interference. Mars has such a system through the vehicle sensors detect solar panel of dust, clean the battery plates by electrode surface, thus ensuring the smooth panels always in the state.
Boston University scientists Mallinath – Mazudeer have the technology to help NASA design. Mazudeer said the technology will be able to greatly improve the efficiency of large-scale solar power plants. Currently, many large-scale solar power plants are located in full of the dust of the arid desert IBM ThinkPad R60 battery IBM FRU 92P1141 battery .
Mazudeer, said, “If the range of per square meter, down a heavy layer of 4 g of dust, solar energy efficiency will lead to decrease of 40%. In Arizona, the dust is deposited each month, four times in the dust volume. In Australia, the Middle East and India, the dust deposition rate is even higher. ”
2004 Mars rover is using this technology. The technology includes solar panels coated with a layer of indium tin oxide electrode, a transparent electric photosensitive material. Sensors to monitor solar panels surface dust levels. When the dust thickness of a certain critical level, the sensor will activate the light-sensitive material of this power. Then, the battery’s electrodes will produce a wave board sustained static pulse, static pulse to shake off the dust, to ensure the battery plate cleaner and more efficient. Mazudeer explained that this process can be removed in 2 minutes, 90% of the dust, and only a small amount of electricity consumed IBM ThinkPad T60 battery .