Characterisation of Water contaminated by Lunar Regolith and Selection of an associated Water Purification System

Abstract

In future lunar habitats, the contact between lunar dust and liquid water will be inevitable, as reported in the In-Situ Resource Utilization Gap Assessment Report, 2021 and the Dust Mitigation Gap Assessment Report, 2016. It is therefore necessary to understand and characterise water contaminated by lunar regolith. The experimental results provide a basis for the development of a lunar water simulant and associated water purification system.