Production of Oxygen from Lunar Regolith using Molten Oxide Electrolysis

Sibille, Laurent; Sadoway, Donald R.; Sirk, Aislinn; Tripathy, Prabhat; Melendez, Orlando; Standish, Evan; Dominquez, Jesus A.; Stefanescu, Doru M.; Curreri, Peter A.; Poizeau, Sophie

This slide presentation reviews the possible use of molten oxide electrolysis to extract oxygen from the Lunar Regolith. The presentation asserts that molten regolith electrolysis has advanced to be a useful method for production of oxygen and metals in situ on the Moon. The work has demonstrated an 8 hour batch of electrolysis at 5 amps using Iridium inert anodes.

Document ID

20090018064

Document Type

Presentation

Authors

Sibille, Laurent (ASRC Aerospace Corp. Kennedy Space Center, FL, United States)

Sadoway, Donald R. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)

Sirk, Aislinn (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)

Tripathy, Prabhat (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)

Melendez, Orlando (NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)

Standish, Evan (Ohio State Univ. Columbus, OH, United States)

Dominquez, Jesus A. (ASRC Aerospace Corp. Kennedy Space Center, FL, United States)

Stefanescu, Doru M. (Ohio State Univ. Columbus, OH, United States)

Curreri, Peter A. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)

Poizeau, Sophie (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)

Date Acquired

August 24, 2013

Publication Date

February 26, 2009

Subject Category

Report/Patent Number

Meeting Information

Space Propulsion and Energy Sciences International Forum(Huntsville, AL)

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Public

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