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Professor Jan Cilliers

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Chair in Mineral Processing
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7360j.j.cilliers

 
 
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Location

 

RSM 1.46BRoyal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Rasera:2020:10.1016/j.pss.2020.104879,
author = {Rasera, J and Cilliers, J and Lamamy, J-A and Hadler, K},
doi = {10.1016/j.pss.2020.104879},
journal = {Planetary and Space Science},
title = {The beneficiation of lunar regolith for space resource utilisation: A review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.104879},
volume = {186},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Space Resource Utilisation (SRU) technology will enable further exploration and habitation of space by humankind. The production of oxygen on the Moon is one of the first objectives for SRU; this can be achieved through the thermo-chemical reduction of the lunar regolith. Several techniques, such as hydrogen reduction and molten salt electrolysis, have been proposed. All reduction techniques require a consistent feedstock from the regolith to reliably and consistently produce oxygen. The preparation of this feedstock, known as beneficiation, is a critical intermediate stage of the SRU flowsheet, however it has received little consideration relative to the preceding excavation, and the subsequent oxygen production stage. This review describes the physics of the main beneficiation methods suitable for SRU. Further, we collate and review all of the previous studies on the beneficiation of lunar regolith.
AU  - Rasera,J
AU  - Cilliers,J
AU  - Lamamy,J-A
AU  - Hadler,K
DO  - 10.1016/j.pss.2020.104879
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0032-0633
TI  - The beneficiation of lunar regolith for space resource utilisation: A review
T2  - Planetary and Space Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.104879
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77995
VL  - 186
ER  -
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