US 11,906,499 B2
System and method for analyzing volatile component in extraterrestrial soil through penetration heating induction
Xinjian Wang, Chengdu (CN); Yubin Yang, Chengdu (CN); Yi Zuo, Chengdu (CN); Cheng Qian, Chengdu (CN); Yuehai Chen, Chengdu (CN); Lisheng Deng, Chengdu (CN); Xiandong Nie, Chengdu (CN); Yunyun Guo, Chengdu (CN); Jin Liu, Chengdu (CN); Yu Luo, Chengdu (CN); and Hansheng Zheng, Chengdu (CN)
Assigned to SICHUAN INSTITUTE OF SPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, Chengdu (CN)
Filed by Sichuan Institute of Space Systems Engineering, Chengdu (CN)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,259.
Claims priority of application No. 202110989081.2 (CN), filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060607 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/24 (2013.01) [G01N 1/44 (2013.01); G01N 2033/243 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. A method for analyzing a volatile component in extraterrestrial soil through penetration heating induction, comprising the following steps:
step 1: penetrating a penetration heater into the extraterrestrial soil with a speed, wherein frictional heat generated from the penetration and a temperature of the penetration heater induce release of a volatile component from the extraterrestrial soil to obtain an induced volatile component; and
step 2: performing in-situ analysis on the induced volatile component, wherein the induced volatile component enters a volatile component measurement and analysis module disposed inside the penetration heater through a plurality of annular gas capture holes provided at equal intervals on a sidewall of the penetration heater for analysis by the volatile component measurement and analysis module,
wherein following a decrease of the temperature of the extraterrestrial soil in step 1 to −200° C., the extraterrestrial soil is cyclically heated to 200° C. by a heating module to improve in-situ analysis accuracy of the induced volatile component in the extraterrestrial soil, and
wherein a temperature acquisition module is disposed on the penetration heater and acquires a temperature of the extraterrestrial soil.