Lightweight concentrated solar (60-75%+ eff, ~6 kg/m²) for lunar regolith sintering. Integrated predictive tracking with UKF recommended (sigma points) for max net power + robustness. EKF fallback for ultra-low power. Includes live viz, switchable filters, performance comparison, and computational cost monitoring.
Sintering Parameters
Tracking & Filter (UKF default)
Target rate (tpd) • Noise ±°
Live Metrics + Filter State
—°
True Elev
—°
Est (filter)
—°
Error
—%
Tracking Eff
— kW
Net Thermal
— W
Move Cost
— W
Compute Overhead
— t/h
Sinter Rate
— t
Cumulative Sintered
Sim time: 0.0 h into lunar day • Filter: UKF
Live Visualization
Sun Elevation: True vs Filtered (live)
Power & Efficiency
Fresnel Concentrator View (pointing to estimated sun)
Computational Cost Monitoring + Filter Comparison
UKF (~140 ops, ~65 mW overhead on rad-hard controller) trades compute for superior tracking robustness and lowest net movement cost. Use EKF/KF only when power envelope is extremely tight. Costs are subtracted from delivered thermal in real time.