Water vapor extraction from the martian atmosphere by adsorption in molecular sieves

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Grover, M R ^a   Bruckner, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; GAS ADSORPTION; MICROWAVE HEATING; MOLECULAR SIEVES; PROPULSION; SIEVES; WATER VAPOR; WIND; ZEOLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; EXTRACTION OF WATERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON; WATER VAPOR ADSORPTION; ZEOLITE MOLECULAR SIEVES;

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EID: 85085848157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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