Experimental evaluation and analysis of electrodynamic screen as dust mitigation technology for future Mars missions

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 591-596

  Sharma, Rajesh ^a   Wyatt, Christoher A ^b   Zhang, Jing ^a   Calle, Carlos I ^c   Mardesich, Nick ^d   Mazumder, Malay K ^a  

^a University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust mitigation technologies; Electrodynamics; Mars dust simulant; Power consumption; Traveling wave

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; AVERAGE POWER; CRITICAL FACTORS; DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES; DUST DEPOSITIONS; DUST LOADINGS; DUST MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES; DUST REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; DUST REMOVALS; ELECTRICAL FIELDS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRODYNAMIC SCREENS; EXCITATION FREQUENCIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATIONS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; INTERMITTENT OPERATIONS; ITO ELECTRODES; MARS DUST SIMULANT; MARS MISSIONS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; PET SUBSTRATES; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER LOSS; POWER OUTPUTS; POWER SUPPLIES; SAFE OPERATIONS; SOLAR PANELS; TRAVELING WAVE;

DUST CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; EXPLOSIVE ACTUATED DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LOADING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REMOVAL; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SURFACE CLEANING; TECHNOLOGY; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 64049095836     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2013542     Document Type: Article

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