Difference between revisions of "Sabatier/Water Electrolysis Process"

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The Sabatier reaction will be used to convert Hydrogen shipped from Earth or processed from Marsian waterice and Carbondioxide from the Marsian atmosphere to create methane for use as a fuel and water, which can be converted to Hydrogen.
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The Sabatier reaction will be used to convert Hydrogen shipped from Earth or processed from Marsian water-ice and Carbondioxide from the Marsian atmosphere to create methane for use as a fuel and water, which can be converted to Hydrogen. This fuel will generate more thrust per unit mass than hydrogen.
  
 
:CO<sub>2</sub> + 4H<sub>2</sub> → CH<sub>4</sub> + 2H<sub>2</sub>O
 
:CO<sub>2</sub> + 4H<sub>2</sub> → CH<sub>4</sub> + 2H<sub>2</sub>O

Revision as of 03:38, 29 June 2008

The Sabatier reaction will be used to convert Hydrogen shipped from Earth or processed from Marsian water-ice and Carbondioxide from the Marsian atmosphere to create methane for use as a fuel and water, which can be converted to Hydrogen. This fuel will generate more thrust per unit mass than hydrogen.

CO2 + 4H2 → CH4 + 2H2O