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* Sell new air created by purchase of LLOX[http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Lunar_Boom_Town/LOX_Domestic_and_Exports], Liquid Nitrogen[http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Lunar_Boom_Town/Nitrogen_commodity_imports_and_futures], Water, and mix to advertised composition of fresh, new air products. | * Sell new air created by purchase of LLOX[http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Lunar_Boom_Town/LOX_Domestic_and_Exports], Liquid Nitrogen[http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Lunar_Boom_Town/Nitrogen_commodity_imports_and_futures], Water, and mix to advertised composition of fresh, new air products. | ||
* Receive used air and recondition and deliver fresh air back to the customer via either bottle or airline. | * Receive used air and recondition and deliver fresh air back to the customer via either bottle or airline. | ||
::Air Scrubber Technology[http://www.bluspr.us/air_scrubber.html] sounds like a spray nozzle, algae aquarium[http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18138/][http://www.oilgae.com/ref/sub/sub1.html], and appropriate circulation, harvesting, back flush or filter scrubbing processes. Algae --> Fertilizer/Methane Digester or perhaps ethnanol/animal feed. | |||
* Monitor and alert for dangerous breathing conditions. | * Monitor and alert for dangerous breathing conditions. | ||
* Sell excess H2O, CO2, impurities extracted from used air. | * Sell excess H2O, CO2, impurities extracted from used air. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:45, 7 August 2009
Background: Breathable air has specific ranges of content of water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen.
http://www.livescience.com/technology/050718_station_air.html
Business Services:
- Sell new air created by purchase of LLOX[1], Liquid Nitrogen[2], Water, and mix to advertised composition of fresh, new air products.
- Receive used air and recondition and deliver fresh air back to the customer via either bottle or airline.
- Monitor and alert for dangerous breathing conditions.
- Sell excess H2O, CO2, impurities extracted from used air.
Pricing: Could be by volume of air processed or delivered or number of people/animals/plants serviced for a specified time period.
Capital Required: Air processing equipment. Gas reserve storage for O2,N,H2O,CO2. Air line or bottle delivery. Telemetry monitoring.
Possibly applicable technologies:
Acquiring initial and makeup stock of oxygen:
Acquiring initial and makeup stock of nitrogen:
- Import from Earth
- Recover from Earth imported materials ... i.e. food, fabric, cleaners, etc.