Create safe drinking water and even useful materials, such as rocket fuel from methanol.
Created: 2024-10-02
Updated: 2025-01-08
Company - Nascent Semiconductor
Product/Service
- Classification
- Space Resources
- Category
- ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
- Fields
- Water
Beneficiation
- Status
- Early stage
- First launch
- Not announced
Titania-Diamond Annular Reactor (TiDAR)
The compact system employs a combination of UV light from LEDs to activate a titania catalyst and robust diamond electrodes, which are durable enough to endure the abrasive lunar soil and the G-forces experienced during launch. This combined system rapidly breaks down harmful organic and inorganic components in the lunar soil to create safe drinking water and even useful materials, such as rocket fuel from methanol.
Status Comment / Notes
The Aqualunar Challenge UK-track Stage 1 winner.