Title

Development Of An Integrated Rvc--Lwrd System For Resolve

Keywords

Hydrogen; ISRU; Lunar surface; RESOLVE

Abstract

Resource investigation in the lunar poles is important to the potential impact of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). The Regolith and Environment Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatile Extraction (RESOLVE) project aims to develop a payload that will investigate the permanently shadowed areas of the lunar poles and demonstrate ISRU technology. As a part of the RESOLVE project, the regolith volatile characterization (RVC) subsystem will examine the release of volatiles from sample cores. The volatile sample will be introduced into the lunar water resource demonstration (LWRD) subsystem where the released hydrogen and water will be selectively captured. The water will be condensed to form a droplet and electrolyzed to produce hydrogen and oxygen. This process will demonstrate small scale ISRU techniques. This paper will present the challenges, characteristics, and development of the RVC and LWRD. The experiments performed to evaluate adsorption methods will be discussed. Based on these experiments, it has been decided that a salt hydride will be used to capture water vapor and a metal hydride will be used to capture hydrogen from the sample. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.

Publication Date

12-1-2007

Publication Title

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volume

880

Number of Pages

823-829

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2437522

Socpus ID

77957986665 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77957986665

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