The RESOLVE (Regolith and Environment Science, Oxygen and Lunar Volatiles Extraction) Project, aims to extract and quantify useful resources from lunar soil. The reactor developed for RESOLVE is a dual purpose system, designed to evolve both water, at 150 C and up to 80 psig, and oxygen, using hydrogen reduction at 900 C. A variety of laboratory tests were performed to verify its operation and to explore the properties of the analog site soil. The results were also applied to modeling efforts which are being used to estimate the apparent thermal properties of the soil. The experimental and numerical results, along with the analog site tests, will be used to evolve and optimize future reactor designs.


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    Title :

    Development of a Reactor for the Extraction of Oxygen and Volatiles From Lunar Regolith


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 2009 ; Orlando, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2009-07-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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