Re: One Small Step

did you build a working prototype?

"Alex Terrell" <alexterrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It's in pdf format. I'm afraid its about 1 Meg.
>
> My guestimates were as below. A chemical plant is mostly fairly simple,
> and partly very complicated. Hence the used of lunar bricks:
>
> In total, only 160 tons of the plant needs to be brought from Earth,
> and over 4,000 tons from the lunar surface. The plant will have the
> capacity to process some 11,000 tons of regolith per month, given some
> 150MW of electrical input. An additional 14,000 tons of regolith per
> month would be sorted and rejected, so the crusher and separator will
> be sized for 25,000 tons per month, or some 7kg per second.
> The plant will consume 3 years of brick supplies and will take
> approximately 3 years to assemble for a lunar-based team of 12 people.
> ======
> And, if this pastes OK:
> Most of the heaviest components of the plant will be made on the moon,
> using the Iron and Moon-bricks available from the Phase 2 Equipment.
> The total plant weight would be made up of:
> Materials Use Mass (t)
> Lunar bricks Used for main structure support, and for refractory and
> inert linings. Structure to support output "bins" 3,600
> Lunar iron and steel Lining of some kilns and reaction chambers,
> piping, material handling, regolith crushing, magnets. Support for
> solar mirrors (six 20m by 20m mirrors giving 2.4MW of heat). 400
> Conveyors motors and belts Transporting solid components from one
> process to another 20
> Inert and refractory linings Corrosion resistant interior linings and
> electrolytes 20
> Pumps Movement of liquids and gases, including hot and corrosive
> materials 20
> Cabling and control Distribution of power, switching of power 20
> Reactants Primarily Potassium Fluoride (subsequently, only Fluoride
> will need replacing, as CF4. 20
> Cooling units Units to cool oxygen and water outputs to liquid form 20
> Repair units Robots and diagnostic equipment to facilitate repair 20
> Other Miscellaneous 20
> Total 4,560
>


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