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Ceramics for molten materials transfer
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Stefanescu, Doru M. Curreri, Peter A. Standish, Evan |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | The paper reviews the main issues associated with molten materials transfer and handling on the lunar surface during the operation of a hig h temperature electrowinning cell used to produce oxygen, with molten iron and silicon as byproducts. A combination of existing technolog ies and purposely designed technologies show promise for lunar exploi tation. An important limitation that requires extensive investigation is the performance of refractory currently used for the purpose of m olten metal containment and transfer in the lunar environment associa ted with electrolytic cells. The principles of a laboratory scale uni t at a scale equivalent to the production of 1 metric ton of oxygen p er year are introduced. This implies a mass of molten materials to be transferred consistent with the equivalent of 1kg regolithlhr proces sed. |
| File Size | 3189719 |
| Page Count | 32 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20090017898 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t11p32t3f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2009-01-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Oxygen Electrowinning In Situ Resource Utilization Liquid Metals Regolith Ceramics Oxygen Production Lunar Rocks Lunar Environment Electrolytic Cells Electrolysis Lunar Resources Lunar Surface Cathodes Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |