Prototype Development of a Molten Regolith Electrolysis Oxygen Capturing, Filtering and Storage System

Lunar Resources proposes to develop, test and validate a full-scale prototype molten regolith electrolysis (MRE)nbsp;oxygen capturing, filtering and storage system (OxPS) designed during the Phase I effort. The OxPS is being developed to capturenbsp;vaporized gasses extracted from lunar regolith by an MREnbsp;(or other types of high temperature electrolytic processes). Then the OxPS will filter outnbsp;the containments to yieldnbsp; 99.5%nbsp;high-purity oxygen which is stored fornbsp;human consumption or utilized as an oxidizer for launch vehicles. In addition, the OxPS has been designednbsp;to filter any vaporized metals (Mg, Ca, etc.). The prototype OxPS being developed as part of this Phase II effort will be built at full scale and tested with anbsp;protoflight MRE system.nbsp;The success of the Phase II effort will raise the maturity of the OxPS to a TRL 5nbsp;and demonstrate the ability to capture, purify, and store oxygen extracted from an MRE technology at an industrialnbsp;scale (3,650kg oxygen per year).