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聚光太阳能月壤熔融成型装置设计

Design of Lunar Regolith Forming System Based on Concentrated Solar Energy

  • 摘要: 面向月面月壤原位成型制造需求,综合月面环境和月壤成型工艺条件约束,设计了一种聚光太阳能−柔性光纤传输−粉床熔覆的月壤熔融成型装置。搭建了室外与室内两套试验验证系统,采用吉林大学(JiLin University,JLU)典型玄武岩模拟月壤,开展了基于室外太阳能聚光和室内模拟太阳能月壤熔融成型的可行性试验验证。试验结果表明:当室外太阳直射辐照强度为636 W/m2、扫描速度为1 mm/min时,系统可实现月壤熔融连续成型;由于室外太阳辐照弱,无法实现装置长时间稳定工作,在室内利用太阳能模拟器模拟等效月面的能量输入,当太阳模拟器的电功率为5 600 W、扫描速度为30 mm/min、层厚为2 mm时,成型样品表观密度最高,样品表观密度和抗压强度分别为2.16 g/cm3和4.25 MPa,验证了太阳能聚光熔融成型技术方案的可行性,可为月面原位建造方案论证和载荷装置设计、定标验证提供参考。

     

    Abstract: To address the in-situ manufacturing requirements for lunar regolith on the moon surface, a novel lunar regolith melting and forming device was designed, incorporating concentrated solar energy, flexible optical fiber transmission, and powder bed fusion technology, considering the constraints imposed by the lunar environment and the processing conditions required for regolith forming. Constructing two experimental verification setups (one outdoor and one indoor), using basaltic material from Jilin University (JLU) as a proxy for lunar regolith, feasibility experiments were conducted utilizing both outdoor solar concentrators and indoor simulated solar radiation to verify the process of lunar regolith melting and forming. Experimental results reveal that at outdoor solar irradiance intensity of 636 W/m²and scanning speed of 1 mm/min, continuous lunar regolith sintering was achieved while due to the variability and limitations of natural sunlight, stable long-term operation of the device outdoors could not be maintained; sim; ulating the equivalent energy input from the lunar surface conditions using a solar simulator indoors, when the electrical power of the solar simulator was 5,600 W, scanning speed was 30 mm/min and layer thickness was 2 mm, the formed samples exhibited maximum apparent density, achieving an apparent density of 2.16 g/cm³and a compressive strength of 4.25 MPa. This study verifies the feasibility of melting and forming technology based on concentrated solar energy, offering valuable insights for the feasibility assessment of in-situ lunar construction schemes, and the design, calibration and verification of payload devices.

     

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