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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2019
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
George F. Sowers, Jr., Morrison, CO (US);
Christopher B. Dreyer, Lakewood, CO (US);
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
A system and method of extracting frozen water from soil or a regolith and capturing the water is provided. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a water collection system to extract and collect water from regolith. The system is configured to heat the regolith in situ to a temperature at which frozen water in the regolith will vaporize. The water vapor is then captured and collected. In one embodiment, the system includes a power system to provide energy to the regolith to heat the regolith, an enclosure to trap the water vapor released from the heated regolith, and a container operably interconnected to the enclosure to collect the water vapor. In one embodiment, the system can be positioned at a production facility on the Earth, the Moon, Mars, or an asteroid.