Scientists studying the extraction of energy from the moon's interiorMilwaukee
Susan Quick: think scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
that all Snanajh energy for the next millennium may be available at the
moon. Said
Gerald Kolsinescy, professor of nuclear engineering and director of the
Institute for nuclear fusion technology, the surface of the moon is
full of helium-3, one of the important sources of energy.According
John Santarius, associate professor at the Institute for nuclear fusion
technology at the University of Wisconsin, that every pound of helium 3
provides electrical energy up to a million times higher than the energy
provided by the tons of coal. He
added that the helium 3 there is a depth of a few feet from the surface
of the moon, and to reach out to him, the process need not only washed
away the soil from the surface and screened, then separating gas and
soil back to its place.
And explained Klsinsky, that smelting helium 3 does not result in radioactive emissions, and therefore it is not harmful to the environment. He added: (percentage of the lack of water and air on the moon, there have been no problems of environmental pollution on the moon).Since 1985 was Klsinescy, and Santarius and other colleagues at the University of and Askinson dreaming to extract energy from the helium 3 through fusion. They argue as Klsinescy said: We look at the subject from the viewpoint of energy, we are looking for economic formula to provide a secure energy in the long term.
It is worth mentioning that fusion requires blending atoms to extract energy, unlike fission, which requires separation of atoms to extract energy, a process used in nuclear reactors. In theory, the extraction of energy through fusion seems safer. Researchers have found promising results even in the early stages of research that targeted testing smelting deuterium (heavy hydrogen) with tritium (radioactive material), although the experiment owner emitting some radiation, but it was minimal and disappear in a short time, in contrast to nuclear fission. With further research, they discovered that the replacement of tritium element helium 3 then blended Baldetyriom reduces the more than the radiation emitted. And said Klsinescy: the third phase of our research showed that if the blending helium 3 in the same element, it does not produce any radioactive emissions only a small resurgence of helium and hydrogen gas normally. But pointed to the two things they can hinder the development of this technology. The first is that researchers needed to build a reactor to produce more energy than those absorbed by the reactor itself. And Althanyanam needed to source a multitude of helium 3. He added, for the land as possible, but with great difficulty through the extraction of thermonuclear weapons, in addition to dissolving tritium, which is the process of replacing the neutron proton.And was Klsinsky and his team have thought since 1985 in this idea the Almzhlh where you can get the helium 3?. They found that the sun can contain huge amounts of gas. But in the airspace planets like Earth, the huge gas potential that scatters when the lighting is igniting a lamp, for example. Therefore they saw that the right place for helium 3 is the moon. And said Klsinescy (no air or gas giants block surrounds the moon .. making Alastakrj process easy).To prove their hypotheses, they convince Center Johnson Space Research in Houston to conduct a test on Nmazj rock taken from the moon during the shuttle flight of Apollo. Surprise was they found rocks containing gas helium 3. And Panel estimated to contain moon million metric tons of gas on its surface, a more than enough power to meet the need for the United States of electricity for a period of a thousand years.Since that discovery, researchers began to think of how to extract gas from the surface of the moon. A process as Kelsensky said not Balsabh, where the helium is available in the subsoil, which covers the surface of the moon, and disconnect the power source, soil to be heated to the temperature of 700 Celsius until the gas came out of the soil and rocks. The heating process can be carried out by solar rays, and can then be separated from the gas and fill it out.
The use of helium 3 in energy may become a reality, especially since President Bush has called this month for the establishment of a permanent base for research Moon, and said: If we can drop the shuttle on the moon and we fill load shrapnel gas helium 3 is available in the surface and back the shuttle to the ground, those shipment will meet the needs of the United States of electricity for an entire year.
And explained Klsinsky, that smelting helium 3 does not result in radioactive emissions, and therefore it is not harmful to the environment. He added: (percentage of the lack of water and air on the moon, there have been no problems of environmental pollution on the moon).Since 1985 was Klsinescy, and Santarius and other colleagues at the University of and Askinson dreaming to extract energy from the helium 3 through fusion. They argue as Klsinescy said: We look at the subject from the viewpoint of energy, we are looking for economic formula to provide a secure energy in the long term.
It is worth mentioning that fusion requires blending atoms to extract energy, unlike fission, which requires separation of atoms to extract energy, a process used in nuclear reactors. In theory, the extraction of energy through fusion seems safer. Researchers have found promising results even in the early stages of research that targeted testing smelting deuterium (heavy hydrogen) with tritium (radioactive material), although the experiment owner emitting some radiation, but it was minimal and disappear in a short time, in contrast to nuclear fission. With further research, they discovered that the replacement of tritium element helium 3 then blended Baldetyriom reduces the more than the radiation emitted. And said Klsinescy: the third phase of our research showed that if the blending helium 3 in the same element, it does not produce any radioactive emissions only a small resurgence of helium and hydrogen gas normally. But pointed to the two things they can hinder the development of this technology. The first is that researchers needed to build a reactor to produce more energy than those absorbed by the reactor itself. And Althanyanam needed to source a multitude of helium 3. He added, for the land as possible, but with great difficulty through the extraction of thermonuclear weapons, in addition to dissolving tritium, which is the process of replacing the neutron proton.And was Klsinsky and his team have thought since 1985 in this idea the Almzhlh where you can get the helium 3?. They found that the sun can contain huge amounts of gas. But in the airspace planets like Earth, the huge gas potential that scatters when the lighting is igniting a lamp, for example. Therefore they saw that the right place for helium 3 is the moon. And said Klsinescy (no air or gas giants block surrounds the moon .. making Alastakrj process easy).To prove their hypotheses, they convince Center Johnson Space Research in Houston to conduct a test on Nmazj rock taken from the moon during the shuttle flight of Apollo. Surprise was they found rocks containing gas helium 3. And Panel estimated to contain moon million metric tons of gas on its surface, a more than enough power to meet the need for the United States of electricity for a period of a thousand years.Since that discovery, researchers began to think of how to extract gas from the surface of the moon. A process as Kelsensky said not Balsabh, where the helium is available in the subsoil, which covers the surface of the moon, and disconnect the power source, soil to be heated to the temperature of 700 Celsius until the gas came out of the soil and rocks. The heating process can be carried out by solar rays, and can then be separated from the gas and fill it out.
The use of helium 3 in energy may become a reality, especially since President Bush has called this month for the establishment of a permanent base for research Moon, and said: If we can drop the shuttle on the moon and we fill load shrapnel gas helium 3 is available in the surface and back the shuttle to the ground, those shipment will meet the needs of the United States of electricity for an entire year.
