You are an engineer stationed on Mars and have a rather urgent design task ahead of you. A rogue meteor has rendered the original solar array inoperative - the microgrid system now has only battery power and time is running short. You must design a new microgrid system that will provide uninterrupted power over a seven sol period (1 sol = 24 hours, 37 minutes). The system must also keep voltage between 500V and 520V at all times, as various sensitive pieces of life-support equipment cannot tolerate voltage levels outside these bounds. You only have a few Earth hours to complete your design.
Requirements
Once you have finished your model, you will have to create a submission for your team. Teams are encouraged to be creative when demonstrating their efforts and follow the grading rubric available in the provided documents when developing their submission. Further instructions on how to deliver the submission will be shared with teams at the event.
Prizes
First place
complete MathWorks gadget kit (estimated value 30 €)
Second place
MathWorks official gadgets (estimated value 20 €)
Third place
MathWorks official gadgets (estimated value 10 €)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Sharon Russo
Politecnico di Torino/ MathWorks
Giovanni Mingoia
Fondazione Links
Francesco Tripoli
Politecnico di Torino
Judging Criteria
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Design Space Exploration (10 Points)
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Maximum Power Transfer (10 Points)
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Develop Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Control (10 Points)
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Battery Voltage Control (10 Points)
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Integrate and Test the Full System (10 Points)
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Creativity: Interesting delivery methods, innovative and creative solutions (15 Points)
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MATLAB/Simulink Mastery: Knowledge and execution (25 Points)
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Clarity: Message is clear and well-communicated (10 Points)
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