On the extraction of volatiles from lunar regolith using solar power
Recent lunar missions have confirmed the presence of water and miscellaneous volatiles within the craters of the Moon's South Pole. If harvested, these resources have the potential to provide an incredible budget saving to the human space exploration program by dropping the total mass that astr...
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ftutep:oai:scholarworks.utep.edu:dissertations-7405 2023-05-15T18:22:21+02:00 On the extraction of volatiles from lunar regolith using solar power Frias, Jorge Alberto 2012-01-01T08:00:00Z https://scholarworks.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI1533225 ENG eng ScholarWorks@UTEP https://scholarworks.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI1533225 ETD Collection for University of Texas, El Paso Mechanical engineering text 2012 ftutep 2023-01-23T21:11:46Z Recent lunar missions have confirmed the presence of water and miscellaneous volatiles within the craters of the Moon's South Pole. If harvested, these resources have the potential to provide an incredible budget saving to the human space exploration program by dropping the total mass that astronauts need to carry from the Earth. The area that develops these technologies is called In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU). ISRU allows reducing the payload, and consequently reduces the energy consumption and cost of space exploration. The present thesis investigates methods for the extraction of volatiles from regolith within the shadowed craters of the Moon using solar power. Topics that are to be discussed within this thesis will include heat transfer calculations, experimental studies using a CO2 laser, and lastly the design of the process schematic to validate the extraction of volatiles. Text South pole University of Texas at El Paso: Digital Commons@UTEP South Pole |
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Recent lunar missions have confirmed the presence of water and miscellaneous volatiles within the craters of the Moon's South Pole. If harvested, these resources have the potential to provide an incredible budget saving to the human space exploration program by dropping the total mass that astronauts need to carry from the Earth. The area that develops these technologies is called In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU). ISRU allows reducing the payload, and consequently reduces the energy consumption and cost of space exploration. The present thesis investigates methods for the extraction of volatiles from regolith within the shadowed craters of the Moon using solar power. Topics that are to be discussed within this thesis will include heat transfer calculations, experimental studies using a CO2 laser, and lastly the design of the process schematic to validate the extraction of volatiles. |
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