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Dec 1990
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In Houston Univ., NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, 1990, Volume 2 12 p (SEE N91-27103 18-99)
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Hydrogen Production, Ilmenite, Industrial Plants, Lunar Bases, Lunar Rocks, Oxygen Production, Plant Design, Water Splitting, By-Products, Ceramics, Electrolysis, Fuel Production, Lunar Soil, Metals, Water
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To achieve permanent human presence and activity on the moon, oxygen is required for both life support and propulsion. Lunar oxygen production using resources existing on the moon will reduce or eliminate the need to transport liquid oxygen from earth. In addition, the co-products of oxygen production will provide metals, structural ceramics, and other volatile compounds. This will enable development of even greater self-sufficiency as the lunar outpost evolves. Ilmenite is the most abundant metal-oxide mineral in the lunar regolith. A process involving the reaction of ilmenite with hydrogen at 1000 C to produce water, followed by the electrolysis of this water to provide oxygen and recycle the hydrogen has been explored. The objective of this 1990 Summer Faculty Project was to design a lunar oxygen-production plant to provide 5 metric tons of liquid oxygen per year from lunar soil. The results of this study describe the size and mass of the equipment, the power needs, feedstock quantity and the engineering details of the plant.
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