The case for in situ resource utilisation for oxygen production on Mars by nonequilibrium plasmas

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2017-10-18

Autores

Carlos D. Pintassilgo (Autor) FEUP; Vasco Guerra (Autor) Outra; Tiago Silva (Autor) Outra; Polina Ogloblina (Autor) Outra; Marija Grofulovic (Autor) Outra; Loann Teraz (Autor) Outra; Mário Lino da Silva (Autor) Outra; Luís L. Alves (Autor) Outra; Olivier Guaitella (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Vol. 26 Nº 11

Páginas: 1-5

Editora: IOP Publishing

Indexação

ISI Web of Science

INSPEC

Outras Informações

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6595/aa8dcc

Abstract (EN): Herein, it is argued that Mars has nearly ideal conditions for CO2 decomposition by nonequilibrium plasmas. It is shown that the pressure and temperature ranges in the similar to 96% CO2 Martian atmosphere favour the vibrational excitation and subsequent up- pumping of the asymmetric stretching mode, which is believed to be a key factor for an efficient plasma dissociation, at the expense of the excitation of the other modes. Therefore, gas discharges operating at atmospheric pressure on Mars are extremely strong candidates to produce O-2 efficiently from the locally available resources.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 5