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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2023
Blue Origin Manufacturing, Llc, Huntsville, AL (US);
Alexander Imbault, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Jonathan Grandidier, Pasadena, CA (US);
Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
Configurations for solar heating and processing of a material, such as a metal or metalloid, are presented. Such processing may have an end-goal of purifying the material or depositing the material as a thin film on a substrate. The use of solar heating allows these processes to occur without electricity, which may be a scarce resource on the moon. Metals and metalloids derived from lunar regolith or other impure feedstocks may lead to materials with impurities. Generally, materials, such as silicon, need to be purified before being utilized. Techniques for solar heating may be applied to purification of these materials. Purification may be achieved by melting, via solar heating, and resolidifying slowly from one direction to another using a directional solidification process.
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