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A Comparative Evaluation of Lunar Oxygen Production Technologies
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This paper describes the procedures and decisions behind a detailed trade-off and comparative evaluation of possible processes for in-situ oxygen production from lunar regolith. After analysis of some thirty-one parameters for twenty candidate processes, the technique of vapour pyrolysis was selected as the preferred process concept on which to base a pilot lunar oxygen production plant. A brief description is given of the design of the lunar regolith pyrolyser, which is the core of the production plant.
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Moulford, W., Martin, A., Cains, P., Martin, P. et al., "A Comparative Evaluation of Lunar Oxygen Production Technologies," SAE Technical Paper 961596, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/961596.Also In
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