Macià Monfort-Castillo

• Master of Science
• Research Associate at Georgia Institute of Technology

The operation of spacecraft life support systems is challenged by the microgravity environment. The near-absence of buoyancy impacts the electrolytic production of oxygen and hydrogen by demanding complex multiphase flow management technologies. Although successful in short-term missions, existing solutions lack the reliability and mass efficiency...

An analytical model is developed to estimate the performance of a novel low-gravity magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) electrolytic cell architecture. This technology is currently under development with the ultimate goal of separating hydrogen and oxygen from water in microgravity. The model employs the balance of moments between the Lorentz force and the s...