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A comparison of microwave versus direct solar heating for lunar brick production
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Patil, D. S. Pletka, B. J. Strenski, D. G. Mutsuddy, B. C. Yankee, S. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | Two processing techniques considered suitable for producing bricks from lunar regolith are examined: direct solar heating and microwave heating. An analysis was performed to compare the two processes in terms of the amount of power and time required to fabricate bricks of various sizes. Microwave heating was shown to be significantly faster than solar heating for rapid production of realistic-size bricks. However, the relative simplicity of the solar collector(s) used for the solar furnace compared to the equipment necessary for microwave generation may present an economic tradeoff. |
| File Size | 528590 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910012859 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4gn33s6c |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fabrication Economics Solar Furnaces Bricks Heating Tradeoffs Regolith Solar Heating Microwaves Lunar Rocks Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
