RESOLVE OVEN Field Demonstration Unit for Lunar Resource Extraction
Author(s) -
Aaron Paz,
Lara Oryshychyn,
Scott Jensen,
Michael Reddington,
Kristopher A. Lee,
Álvaro Rodríguez
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
51st aiaa aerospace sciences meeting including the new horizons forum and aerospace exposition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.2514/6.2013-734
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , extraction (chemistry) , resource (disambiguation) , computer science , unit (ring theory) , astrobiology , chemistry , physics , chromatography , mathematics , computer network , pure mathematics , mathematics education
The Oxygen and Volatile Extraction Node (OVEN) is a subsystem within the Regolith & Environment Science and Oxygen & Lunar Volatile Extraction (RESOLVE) project. The purpose of the OVEN subsystem is to release volatiles from lunar regolith and extract oxygen by means of a hydrogen reduction reaction. The complete process includes receiving, weighing, sealing, heating, and disposing of core sample segments while transferring all gaseous contents to the Lunar Advanced Volatile Analysis (LAVA) subsystem. This document will discuss the design and performance of the OVEN Field Demonstration Unit (FDU), which participated in the 2012 RESOLVE field demonstration.
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