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- From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat)
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- Subject: Re: Sabatier reactor? (was Re: Oxygen in Biosphere 2)
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 18:09:27 GMT
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- I think there are two sabatier main chains. they deal with CO2 processing.
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- CO2 + H (iron catalyst + Heat) --> CH4 + H2O
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- CO2 (IRON catalyst and heat) --> O2 and C.
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- Its a real old well understood prociess.
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- BTW
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- Freedom decided not to use methane thrusters. so instead they are
- throwing out waste CO2 and importing hydrazine. failure oriented
- management wins again. someone thought methane thrusters were
- too risky.
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- pat
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