ABSTRACT
At present, there are four categories of dust-removal methods, namely, natural, mechanical, electromechanical, and electrostatic [1]. It has been observed that wind velocities on Mars are insufficient to remove settled dust on its own. A possible aid to natural dust removal would be to devise a movable array so it can be turned vertical such that gravity in addition to wind may remove the dust. By designing an array with a vibration frequency that would correspond to the wind would assist in the dust removal. Electromechanical methods are similar to natural methods, and include vibrating, shocking, or using ultrasound, in combination with tilting the array to remove the dust. These methods would require sophisticated mechanisms.
