CN115364622A - Mars surface carbon dioxide capturing and converting system and method - Google Patents

Mars surface carbon dioxide capturing and converting system and method Download PDF

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CN115364622A
CN115364622A CN202211024318.4A CN202211024318A CN115364622A CN 115364622 A CN115364622 A CN 115364622A CN 202211024318 A CN202211024318 A CN 202211024318A CN 115364622 A CN115364622 A CN 115364622A
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The invention discloses a system and a method for capturing and converting carbon dioxide on the surface of a spark. The carbon dioxide capturing system based on the adsorption principle is designed based on low-temperature characteristics of Mars atmosphere, the efficient capturing of the carbon dioxide in the Mars atmosphere is achieved by using the rotary-wheel adsorber, sabatier reaction heat is used as a regeneration heat source of the rotary-wheel adsorber, an additional heating system is not needed to be configured, efficient coupling of the carbon dioxide capturing system and the conversion system is achieved, and methane propellant required by return Mars detection can be continuously obtained. The system of the invention is also provided with a condenser and a water collector which utilize the cold energy of the Mars big gas, so as to realize the separation of carbon dioxide and water vapor in the regenerated gas, without arranging an additional water vapor absorber, and simultaneously realize the collection of precious water resources.

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Mars surface carbon dioxide capturing and converting system and method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of Mars detection, in particular to a Mars surface carbon dioxide capturing and converting system and a Mars surface carbon dioxide capturing and converting method.
Background
The in-situ preparation of the Mars propellant refers to the exploration, acquisition and utilization of Mars natural resources to prepare the carrier rocket propellant on the Mars in situ, and is a key technology for realizing extraterrestrial manned detection, future astronauts and other extraterrestrial activities. The main component of the atmosphere on the surface of the spark is carbon dioxide which accounts for 95.32 percent of the total amount, and the propellant can be obtained through reduction reaction. Carbon dioxide reduction has various technical paths, multiple factors such as maturity, operability, economy, long-term stability and the like are comprehensively considered, and carbon dioxide hydromethanation (Sabatier reaction) becomes the current mainstream technology and is successfully applied to international space stations. The Sabatier reaction is a strong exothermic process limited by thermodynamic equilibrium, and in order to increase the reaction rate of the Sabatier, the reactor must be maintained at a high temperature, while in order to increase the conversion rate, the reactor needs to be at a lower temperature, so that the goals of high reaction rate and reaction rate are difficult to achieve at the same time. In addition, the atmospheric layer of the spark is very thin, the annual pressure fluctuates between 680 and 1000Pa, which is less than one percent of the atmospheric pressure of the earth, the average temperature of the spark is about 216K, and the temperature difference between day and night is as high as 80K. Therefore, the conventional carbon dioxide capture method of the earth is difficult to adapt to the low-temperature and low-pressure environment of the surface of mars, and the Sabatier reaction system for carbon dioxide conversion is also purposefully designed to be efficiently coupled with the carbon dioxide capture system.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a Mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system, which utilizes a rotating wheel adsorber to realize the high-efficiency capture of carbon dioxide in Mars atmosphere, utilizes Sabatier reaction heat as a regeneration heat source of the rotating wheel adsorber and can continuously obtain methane propellant required by return Mars detection.
The invention aims to realize the purpose of the invention by the following technical scheme:
in a first aspect, the invention provides a system for capturing and converting carbon dioxide on the surface of a mars, which comprises a mars atmosphere pipeline, a regenerated gas pipeline, a mixed gas pipeline, a runner adsorber, a condenser and a loop heat pipe, wherein the mars atmosphere pipeline is connected with the regenerated gas pipeline through a pipeline;
the circulation channel of the rotating wheel absorber comprises a rotating wheel adsorption channel and a rotating wheel desorption channel, and the rotating wheel absorber enables the rotating wheel absorbing water and carbon dioxide gas to rotate back and forth between the rotating wheel adsorption channel and the rotating wheel desorption channel through continuous rotation, so that the adsorption and desorption regeneration are carried out synchronously; and a sealing cover for isolating the external atmosphere from the rotating wheel desorption passage is arranged on the outer side of the rotating wheel desorption passage; the loop heat pipe is formed by connecting a loop heat pipe evaporation section, a loop heat pipe heat insulation section and a loop heat pipe condensation section;
the condenser is internally provided with a first passage and a second passage which form heat exchange;
the inlet end of the Mars atmosphere pipeline is used for introducing Mars atmosphere, the pipeline is sequentially communicated with the low-temperature stop valve, the filter, the low-temperature fan and the rotating wheel adsorption channel of the rotating wheel adsorber, and then the outlet end of the pipeline is discharged, so that water and carbon dioxide gas in the Mars atmosphere introduced into the Mars atmosphere pipeline are adsorbed and trapped in the rotating wheel adsorption channel;
the inlet end of the regenerated gas pipeline is communicated with a sealing cover outside the rotary wheel desorption channel, the pipeline is sequentially communicated with a constant pressure valve, a first passage of a condenser, a water collector and the rear outlet end of a compressor and is connected into the mixer, and a second passage of the condenser flows through Mars atmosphere for cooling the first passage, so that carbon dioxide and water vapor adsorbed by the rotary wheel adsorber are desorbed, separated and pressurized and then are introduced into the mixer in a pure carbon dioxide form; the constant pressure valve automatically controls the opening and closing state according to the pressure, is in the closing state when the pressure is lower than a pressure set value, and is in the opening state when the pressure is higher than the pressure set value;
the inlet end of the mixed gas pipeline is used for introducing hydrogen, and the pipeline is sequentially connected with the mixer, the electric heater and the Sabatier reactor, so that the carbon dioxide and the hydrogen are subjected to Sabatier reaction to generate product gas; the back half section of the reaction cavity of the Sabatier reactor is connected with the runner adsorption channel through a loop heat pipe, and the loop heat pipe is used for conducting reaction heat in the Sabatier reactor to the runner desorption channel for regeneration desorption.
Preferably, the heating system further comprises a wind power generation device and a solar power generation device, wherein the wind power generation device is used for generating electric energy by utilizing wind energy on the surface of the mars, the solar power generation device is used for generating electric energy by utilizing solar energy on the surface of the mars, and the wind power generation device and the solar power generation device transmit the electric energy to the electric heater through a power line to complete heating of the mixed gas.
As a preferable aspect of the first aspect, the filter employs an electrostatic dust removing device.
Preferably, in the first aspect, the adsorbent in the rotary adsorber is silica gel or zeolite 13X.
As a preferable aspect of the first aspect, the water collector is a centrifugal separation water removal device or a wire mesh water blocking device for removing liquid droplets.
Preferably, the condenser is a finned tube heat exchanger.
Preferably, in the first aspect, the Sabatier reactor is externally covered with a heat insulating material, and the internal reaction chambers are all filled with a catalyst.
As a preferable mode of the first aspect, the mixer is connected to a hydrogen gas output line in the electrolytic water system.
Preferably, the loop heat pipe is composed of a loop heat pipe evaporation section, a loop heat pipe heat insulation section and a loop heat pipe condensation section, the loop heat pipe evaporation section is in heat exchange contact with the rear half part of the reaction cavity of the Sabatier reactor, the loop heat pipe heat insulation section is located between the Sabatier reactor and the rotating wheel desorption channel, and the loop heat pipe condensation section is in heat exchange contact with a heat conduction structure inside the rotating wheel desorption channel.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides a method for capturing and converting carbon dioxide on the surface of a spark using the system of any of the first aspect, comprising:
s1, opening a low-temperature stop valve, starting a low-temperature fan to pump Mars atmosphere into a Mars atmosphere pipeline, removing impurities through a filter, then enabling the Mars atmosphere to enter a rotating wheel adsorption channel of a rotating wheel adsorber, adsorbing carbon dioxide and water vapor components in the Mars atmosphere by an adsorbent in the rotating wheel adsorber, directly exhausting the residual Mars atmosphere, and enabling an adsorption saturated rotating wheel to rotate to a rotating wheel desorption channel from the rotating wheel adsorption channel;
s2, conducting reaction heat in the Sabatier reactor to a rotating wheel which is in adsorption saturation in a rotating wheel desorption channel through a loop heat pipe, enabling the rotating wheel to absorb heat provided by the loop heat pipe for desorption and regeneration, enabling regenerated gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapor to enter a sealing cover to enable the pressure in the cover to continuously rise, and enabling the regenerated gas in the sealing cover to enter a regenerated gas pipeline after a pressure set value of a constant pressure valve is reached; in a regenerated gas pipeline, the regenerated gas firstly enters a first passage of a condenser and absorbs the cold energy of the spark atmosphere continuously flowing through a second passage to liquefy water vapor, then enters a water collector to be filtered to remove liquid water, and the residual pure carbon dioxide enters a mixer after being further pressurized by a compressor and is mixed with hydrogen to form mixed gas;
and S3, after the mixed gas from the mixer enters a mixed gas pipeline, firstly heating the mixed gas to the starting temperature of the Sabatier reaction by an electric heater, then entering the front half part of the Sabatier reactor, carrying out the Sabatier reaction under the action of a Sabatier reaction catalyst filled in the Sabatier reaction catalyst, then continuously flowing through the rear half part of the Sabatier reactor for continuous reaction, and absorbing the reaction heat by a loop heat pipe and conducting the reaction heat to a rotating wheel desorption channel for desorption and regeneration of the rotating wheel desorption channel, so that the temperature of the rear half part of the Sabatier reactor is reduced, the conversion rate of the reaction is improved, and finally the Sabatier reaction product gas is output by the Sabatier reactor.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the outstanding and beneficial technical effects that: the carbon dioxide capturing system based on the adsorption principle is designed based on the low-temperature characteristics of the spark atmosphere, and the carbon dioxide capturing efficiency of the system is improved by fully utilizing the low-temperature characteristics of the spark atmosphere; the rotary wheel adsorber has the characteristic of synchronous carbon dioxide adsorption and desorption, and can continuously supply carbon dioxide gas for the Sabatier reactor; a condenser and a water collector which utilize cold energy of Martian atmosphere are designed to realize the separation of carbon dioxide and water vapor in the regenerated gas, no additional water vapor absorber is needed, and meanwhile, the collection of precious water resources can be realized; according to the reaction characteristics of the Sabatier, the front half part of the Sabatier reactor is insulated, and the rear half part of the Sabatier reactor is cooled, so that the aims of high reaction speed and high conversion efficiency are fulfilled; the Sabatier reaction heat is used as a regenerative heat source of the adsorbent in the runner, and an additional heating system is not required to be configured, so that the high-efficiency coupling of a carbon dioxide capturing and converting system is realized; the combination of solar energy and wind energy on the surface of the mars is used for providing a power supply for the electric heater, so that the intermittence of the solar energy and the wind energy is effectively overcome.
The conception, the specific structure and the technical effects produced by the present invention will be further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings so as to fully understand the objects, the features and the effects of the present invention.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the construction of a Mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system in an example.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of another Mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system in an example.
In the figure: the system comprises a Mars atmosphere pipeline 1, a low-temperature stop valve 2, a filter 3, a low-temperature fan 4, a rotary wheel adsorber 5, a rotary wheel adsorption channel 6, a rotary wheel desorption channel 7, a sealing cover 8, a regenerated gas pipeline 9, a constant pressure valve 10, a condenser 11, a water collector 12, a compressor 13, a mixer 14, a mixed gas pipeline 15, an electric heater 16, a Sabatier reactor 17, a loop heat pipe 18, a loop heat pipe evaporation section 19, a loop heat pipe insulation section 20, a loop heat pipe condensation section 21, a power line 22, a wind power generation device 23 and a solar power generation device 24.
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In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanying figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will recognize without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The technical characteristics in the embodiments of the present invention can be combined correspondingly without mutual conflict.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element, i.e., intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected to" another element, there are no intervening elements present.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, a system for capturing and converting carbon dioxide on a surface of a mars is provided, which comprises a mars atmosphere pipeline 1, a low-temperature stop valve 2, a filter 3, a low-temperature fan 4, a rotary wheel adsorber 5, a rotary wheel adsorption channel 6, a rotary wheel desorption channel 7, a sealing cover 8, a regeneration gas pipeline 9, a constant pressure valve 10, a condenser 11, a water collector 12, a compressor 13, a mixer 14, a mixed gas pipeline 15, an electric heater 16, a Sabatier reactor 17, a loop heat pipe 18, a loop heat pipe evaporation section 19, a loop heat pipe insulation section 20, a loop heat pipe condensation section 21, and a power line 22.
Wherein the rotary wheel absorber 5 is an adsorption and desorption device with an adsorbent arranged on the rotary wheel. The rotating wheel can be designed into a honeycomb wheel form to increase the specific surface area of the rotating wheel. The flow channel of the runner adsorber 5 comprises a runner adsorption channel 6 and a runner desorption channel 7, wherein most of the runner is positioned in the runner adsorption channel 6, and the other part of the runner is positioned in the runner desorption channel 7. The rotating wheel absorber 5 makes the rotating wheel absorbing water and carbon dioxide gas rotate back and forth between the rotating wheel absorbing channel 6 and the rotating wheel desorbing channel 7 through continuous rotation, so that the absorption and desorption regeneration are carried out synchronously. During actual work, after the gas enters the rotating wheel, the gas is discharged into the atmosphere after being adsorbed with the target component by the adsorbent in the rotating wheel adsorption channel 6, and when the rotating wheel part adsorbed with the target component rotates back to the rotating wheel desorption channel 7, the adsorbed target component can be desorbed from the rotating wheel again in a heating mode, so that the enrichment of the target component is realized. In order to ensure that the target components analyzed in the rotating wheel desorption passage 7 can be collected, a sealing cover 8 used for isolating the external atmosphere from the rotating wheel desorption passage 7 is arranged on the outer side of the rotating wheel desorption passage 7, and the desorbed target components enter the sealing cover 8 to prevent the external Mars atmosphere from influencing the purity of the desorbed gas of the rotating wheel adsorber. In the invention, the target component adsorbed by the rotating wheel is carbon dioxide in Mars atmosphere, but part of water is generally adsorbed at the same time, so that the adsorbing material filled in the rotating wheel can be selected from silica gel, zeolite 13X and other adsorbents to increase the adsorption capacity of the carbon dioxide.
The Sabatier reactor 17 is a reactor for reacting Sabatier reaction using Sabatier. The specific structure of the reactor is not limited, and the reactor can be realized by any reactor in the prior art. The Sabatier reaction is a non-exothermic reaction. Generally, in order to avoid the adverse effect of the low temperature of the Mars atmosphere on the Sabatier reaction, the Sabatier reactor 17 can be coated with an insulating material, and the internal reaction cavity is filled with a catalyst, wherein the catalyst can be an existing catalyst capable of catalyzing the Sabatier reaction.
In addition, in order to analyze the carbon dioxide and water adsorbed on the rotor in the rotor desorption passage 7, it is necessary to input heat to the rotor desorption passage 7. In the present invention, since the Sabatier reactor 17 generates heat, which in turn is detrimental to the conversion efficiency of the Sabatier reaction, heat from the Sabatier reactor 17 can be transferred to the rotating wheel desorption passage 7 by providing a heat pipe. The present invention may be provided with a loop heat pipe 18 for connecting the Sabatier reactor 17 to the wheel desorption passage 7. The loop heat pipe 18 is formed by connecting a loop heat pipe evaporation section 19, a loop heat pipe insulation section 20 and a loop heat pipe condensation section 21, and the principle of the heat pipe can be referred to in the prior art, which is not described in detail.
In addition, the invention also utilizes the low-temperature characteristic of the spark atmosphere to design the condenser 11 to cool the carbon dioxide and the water vapor, thereby separating the water and the carbon dioxide. The condenser 11 has a first passage and a second passage for heat exchange, the first passage flows through the mixed gas of carbon dioxide and water vapor desorbed by the rotary adsorber 5, and the second passage flows through the spark atmosphere. The average temperature of the atmosphere of the mars is about 216K, and the temperature can be used as a cold source to cool the mixed gas of the carbon dioxide and the water vapor, so that the water vapor is condensed into liquid drops to be separated from the mixed gas conveniently. In the present invention, the condenser 11 may be a finned tube heat exchanger.
The entry end direct exposure of mars atmosphere pipeline 1 is in the mars atmosphere for let in the mars atmosphere, and mars atmosphere pipeline 1 communicates low temperature stop valve 2, filter 3, low temperature fan 4 and runner adsorber 5's runner absorption passageway 6 back exit end evacuation in proper order, thereby makes the water and the carbon dioxide gas in the mars atmosphere that let in mars atmosphere pipeline 1 adsorb the entrapment by the adsorbent on the runner in runner absorption passageway 6.
In the invention, the filter 3 is used for removing dust in the Mars atmosphere, and can adopt filtering dust removal equipment, cyclone dust removal equipment or electrostatic dust removal equipment. In consideration of the reliability and efficiency of dust removal, the filter 3 preferably removes dust from the raw material gas by electrostatic dust removal.
In the present invention, the low temperature fan 4 is used to provide power for the input of Mars atmosphere. The day and night temperature difference of the Mars atmosphere is as high as 80K, the temperature change range in summer is about 185K-244K, the temperature change range in winter is about 172K-252K, and the temperature in most time periods is lower than the low-temperature starting limit of a common fan, so that a low-temperature fan type capable of resisting the Mars atmosphere temperature is required to be adopted.
The inlet end of the regenerated gas pipeline 9 is communicated with a sealing cover 8 outside the runner desorption channel 7, the pipeline is sequentially communicated with a constant pressure valve 10, a first passage of a condenser 11, a water collector 12 and the rear outlet end of a compressor 13 and is connected into a mixer 14, and a second passage of the condenser 11 flows through Mars atmosphere for cooling the first passage, so that carbon dioxide and water vapor adsorbed by the runner adsorber 5 are desorbed, separated and pressurized and then are introduced into the mixer 14 in a pure carbon dioxide form.
Wherein, the constant pressure valve 10 that the exit of sealed cowling 8 set up is a kind of valve member that can open under the pressure of settlement, and it installs the back on the pipeline, when intraductal pressure surpassed the pressure setting value, the valve opened the pressure release, otherwise the valve keeps closing to guarantee the gas pressure of output. The opening pressure of the constant pressure valve 10 is a pressure set value which can be optimized and adjusted according to actual gas use or gas outlet pressure, the opening and closing state of the constant pressure valve 10 is automatically controlled according to the pressure in the sealing cover 8, the constant pressure valve is in the closing state when the pressure is lower than the pressure set value, the pressure in the sealing cover 8 is continuously increased, the constant pressure valve is in the opening state when the pressure is higher than the pressure set value, and the regeneration gas in the sealing cover 8 is discharged into the regeneration gas pipeline 9.
In addition, the water collector 12 in the present invention may adopt any device capable of separating liquid water droplets from carbon dioxide gas, for example, liquid water may be obtained in the form of centrifugal separation or a water-blocking wire net, and thus the water collector 12 may adopt a centrifugal separation water removal device or a wire net water-blocking device. The centrifugal separation dewatering equipment makes carbon dioxide gas carrying liquid water drops form centrifugal force for throwing the liquid drops to the inner wall of the equipment through rotation, the silk screen water blocking equipment is provided with a plurality of silk screens with fine apertures on an airflow channel, and the apertures of the silk screens are smaller than the conventional size of the liquid drops. Therefore, the regenerated gas forms carbon dioxide gas carrying liquid water drops after passing through the condenser 11, and high-purity carbon dioxide can be formed after the liquid drops in the regenerated gas are separated by the water collector 12. The high-purity carbon dioxide is pressurized by the compressor 13, so that the pressure in the mixer 14 can meet the pressure required by the subsequent Sabatier reaction.
The inlet end of the mixed gas pipeline 15 is used for introducing hydrogen, and the pipeline is connected with the mixer 14, the electric heater 16 and the Sabatier reactor 17 in sequence, so that the product gas is generated after the Sabatier reaction of the carbon dioxide and the hydrogen. And the reaction cavity of the Sabatier reactor 17 is divided into a front half section and a rear half section, and the rear half section of the reaction cavity of the Sabatier reactor 17 is connected with the rotating wheel adsorption channel 6 through a loop heat pipe 18 and is used for conducting reaction heat in the Sabatier reactor 17 to the rotating wheel desorption channel 7 for regeneration desorption.
In the invention, the loop heat pipe 18 is composed of a loop heat pipe evaporation section 19, a loop heat pipe heat insulation section 20 and a loop heat pipe condensation section 21, the loop heat pipe evaporation section 19 is in heat exchange contact with the rear half part of a reaction cavity of the Sabatier reactor 17, the loop heat pipe heat insulation section 20 is positioned between the Sabatier reactor 17 and the rotating wheel desorption channel 7, and the loop heat pipe condensation section 21 is in heat exchange contact with a heat conduction structure in the rotating wheel desorption channel 7. The heat conducting structure inside the runner desorption passage 7 has various forms, for example, a high heat conducting unit may be disposed on the runner, and when the runner rotates, the high heat conducting unit may exchange heat with the loop heat pipe condensation section 21 inside the runner desorption passage 7 with high efficiency.
In the present invention, the electric heater 16 functions to heat the mixed gas of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to the starting temperature of the Sabatier reaction before feeding it into the Sabatier reactor 17. Wind power generation and solar power generation may be provided to provide the required power to the electric heater 16, taking into account environmental conditions on a mars. Therefore, as shown in fig. 2, a wind power generator 23 and a solar power generator 24 may be further provided in the present invention, wherein the wind power generator 23 is used for generating electric energy by using the wind energy on the surface of mars, and the solar power generator 24 is used for generating electric energy by using the solar energy on the surface of mars, and both of them transmit the electric energy to the electric heater 16 through the power cord 22 to complete the temperature rise of the mixture.
It should be noted that, in the present invention, the hydrogen gas participating in the Sabatier reaction may be derived from the hydrogen gas stored in advance, or may be derived from the hydrogen gas directly prepared, for example, the mixer 14 may be connected to a hydrogen gas output pipeline in an electrolytic water system on a mars, and the hydrogen gas formed by electrolyzing water may be directly used for participating in the Sabatier reaction.
In another embodiment of the present invention, based on the above system for capturing and converting carbon dioxide on a surface of a spark, a method for capturing and converting carbon dioxide on a surface of a spark is further provided, which comprises the following specific steps:
(1) The preparation process comprises the following steps: starting the wind power generation device 23 and the solar power generation device 24, and transmitting electric energy generated by the operation of the wind power generation device and the solar power generation device to the electric heater 16 through the power line 22; the spark atmosphere flows through the second passage of the condenser 11 under the action of a fan or the like, and is used for condensing, desorbing and regenerating water vapor.
(2) An adsorption process: opening the low-temperature stop valve 2, starting the low-temperature fan 4 to pump the Mars atmosphere into the Mars atmosphere pipeline 1, removing impurities such as dust and the like through the filter 2, then entering a runner adsorption channel 6 of the runner adsorber 5 through the low-temperature fan 4, adsorbing carbon dioxide and water vapor components in the Mars atmosphere by an adsorbent in the runner adsorber 5, directly exhausting residual Mars atmosphere, and rotating a runner with saturated adsorption from the runner adsorption channel 6 to a runner desorption channel 7;
(3) Analysis and regeneration process: the compressor 13 is opened, the reaction heat in the Sabatier reactor 17 is conducted to the rotating wheel which is saturated in the rotating wheel desorption channel 7 through the loop heat pipe 18, so that the rotating wheel absorbs the heat provided by the loop heat pipe 18 for desorption and regeneration, the regenerated gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapor enters the sealing cover 8 to continuously increase the pressure in the cover, and when the pressure set value of the constant pressure valve 10 is reached, the constant pressure valve 10 is opened to enable the regenerated gas in the sealing cover 8 to enter the regenerated gas pipeline 9; in the regeneration gas pipeline 9, the regeneration gas firstly enters the first passage of the condenser 11 and absorbs the cold of the spark atmosphere continuously flowing through the second passage to liquefy the water vapor, then enters the water collector 12 to be filtered to remove liquid water, and the residual high-purity carbon dioxide is further pressurized by the compressor 13 and then enters the mixer 14 to be mixed with hydrogen to form mixed gas.
(4) Sabatier reaction scheme: after entering a mixed gas pipeline 15, the mixed gas from the mixer 14 is firstly heated to the starting temperature of the Sabatier reaction by an electric heater 16, then enters the front half part of the Sabatier reactor 17, the Sabatier reaction is carried out under the action of the Sabatier reaction catalyst filled in the Sabatier reaction reactor, then continuously flows through the back half part of the Sabatier reactor 17 to continue the reaction, and the reaction heat is absorbed by a loop heat pipe 18 and is conducted to a rotary wheel desorption channel 7 for desorption and regeneration of the rotary wheel desorption channel 7, so that the temperature of the back half part of the Sabatier reactor 17 is reduced, the conversion rate of the reaction is improved, and finally the Sabatier reaction product gas is output by the Sabatier reactor 17.
In the Sabatier reaction process, because the temperature of the first half of the Sabatier reactor 17 is higher, the Sabatier reaction in the first half has a higher reaction rate, and then the Sabatier reaction continues to flow through the second half of the Sabatier reactor 17, and the reaction heat is absorbed by the loop heat pipe evaporation section 19 of the loop heat pipe 18 and used for regeneration of the rotating wheel desorption channel 7, so that the temperature of the second half of the Sabatier reactor 17 is significantly reduced, and the Sabatier reaction has a higher conversion rate, so that the reaction rate and the conversion rate of the Sabatier reaction are both considered, and meanwhile, the waste reaction heat is utilized, and the power consumption during rotating wheel desorption is saved.
The above-described embodiments are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, which should not be construed as limiting the invention. Various changes and modifications may be made by one of ordinary skill in the pertinent art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the technical solutions obtained by means of equivalent substitution or equivalent transformation all fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A system for capturing and converting carbon dioxide on the surface of a spark is characterized by comprising a spark atmosphere pipeline (1), a regenerated gas pipeline (9), a mixed gas pipeline (15), a rotating wheel adsorber (5), a condenser (11) and a loop heat pipe (18);
the circulation channel of the rotating wheel adsorber (5) comprises a rotating wheel adsorption channel (6) and a rotating wheel desorption channel (7), and the rotating wheel adsorber (5) enables the rotating wheel adsorbing water and carbon dioxide gas to rotate back and forth between the rotating wheel adsorption channel (6) and the rotating wheel desorption channel (7) through continuous rotation, so that adsorption and desorption regeneration are performed synchronously; and a sealing cover (8) used for isolating the external atmosphere from the rotating wheel desorption passage (7) is arranged on the outer side of the rotating wheel desorption passage (7); the loop heat pipe (18) is formed by connecting a loop heat pipe evaporation section (19), a loop heat pipe heat insulation section (20) and a loop heat pipe condensation section (21);
the condenser (11) is provided with a first passage and a second passage which form heat exchange;
the inlet end of the Mars atmosphere pipeline (1) is used for introducing Mars atmosphere, and the pipeline is communicated with a low-temperature stop valve (2), a filter (3), a low-temperature fan (4) and a rotating wheel adsorption channel (6) of a rotating wheel adsorber (5) in sequence and then the outlet end is emptied, so that water and carbon dioxide gas in the Mars atmosphere introduced into the Mars atmosphere pipeline (1) are adsorbed and trapped in the rotating wheel adsorption channel (6);
the inlet end of the regenerated gas pipeline (9) is communicated with a sealing cover (8) outside the rotary wheel desorption channel (7), the pipeline is sequentially communicated with a constant pressure valve (10), a first passage of a condenser (11), a water collector (12) and the rear outlet end of a compressor (13) and is connected into a mixer (14), and a second passage of the condenser (11) flows through Mars atmosphere for cooling the first passage, so that carbon dioxide and water vapor adsorbed by the rotary wheel adsorber (5) are desorbed, separated and pressurized and then are introduced into the mixer (14) in a pure carbon dioxide form; the constant pressure valve (10) automatically controls the opening and closing state according to the pressure, is in the closing state when the pressure is lower than a pressure set value, and is in the opening state when the pressure is higher than the pressure set value;
the inlet end of the mixed gas pipeline (15) is used for introducing hydrogen, and the pipeline is sequentially connected with a mixer (14), an electric heater (16) and a Sabatier reactor (17), so that carbon dioxide and hydrogen generate Sabatier reaction to generate product gas; the rear half section of the reaction cavity of the Sabatier reactor (17) is connected with the rotating wheel adsorption channel (6) through a loop heat pipe (18) and is used for conducting reaction heat in the Sabatier reactor (17) to the rotating wheel desorption channel (7) for regeneration and desorption.
2. A mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a wind power generation device (23) and a solar power generation device (24), wherein the wind power generation device (23) is used for generating electric energy by using the wind energy on the mars surface, and the solar power generation device (24) is used for generating electric energy by using the solar energy on the mars surface, and the wind power generation device and the solar power generation device transmit the electric energy to the electric heater (16) through the power line (22) to complete the heating of the mixture.
3. Mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system according to claim 1, wherein the filter (3) employs an electrostatic precipitation device.
4. Mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system according to claim 1, wherein the adsorbent in the rotating wheel adsorber (5) is silica gel or zeolite 13X.
5. Mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system according to claim 1, wherein the water collector (12) is a centrifugal separation water removal device or a wire mesh water blocking device for removing liquid droplets.
6. The mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system of claim 1, wherein said condenser (11) is a finned tube heat exchanger.
7. Mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system according to claim 1, wherein the Sabatier reactor (17) is externally wrapped with a thermal insulation material and the internal reaction chambers are all filled with a catalyst.
8. The spark surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system of claim 1 wherein said mixer (14) is connected to a hydrogen output line in an electrolytic water system.
9. The mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion system of claim 1, wherein loop heat pipe (18) comprises loop heat pipe evaporator (19), loop heat pipe adiabatic section (20) and loop heat pipe condenser (21), loop heat pipe evaporator (19) and the back half of the reaction chamber of Sabatier reactor (17) are in heat exchange contact, loop heat pipe adiabatic section (20) is located between Sabatier reactor (17) and runner desorption channel (7), and loop heat pipe condenser (21) and the heat conduction structure inside runner desorption channel (7) are in heat exchange contact.
10. A method for Mars surface carbon dioxide capture and conversion according to the system of any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising:
s1, opening a low-temperature stop valve (2), starting a low-temperature fan (4) to pump Mars atmosphere into a Mars atmosphere pipeline (1), removing impurities through a filter (2), then enabling the Mars atmosphere to enter a runner adsorption channel (6) of a runner adsorber (5), adsorbing carbon dioxide and water vapor components in the Mars atmosphere by an adsorbent in the runner adsorber (5), directly exhausting residual Mars atmosphere, and enabling an adsorption-saturated runner to rotate to a runner desorption channel (7) through the runner adsorption channel (6);
s2, conducting reaction heat in the Sabatier reactor (17) to a rotating wheel which is adsorbed and saturated in a rotating wheel desorption channel (7) through a loop heat pipe (18), enabling the rotating wheel to absorb heat provided by the loop heat pipe (18) for desorption and regeneration, enabling regenerated gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapor to enter a sealing cover (8) to enable the pressure in the cover to continuously rise, and opening the constant pressure valve (10) to enable the regenerated gas in the sealing cover (8) to enter a regenerated gas pipeline (9) after the pressure set value of the constant pressure valve (10) is reached; in a regenerated gas pipeline (9), the regenerated gas firstly enters a first passage of a condenser (11) and absorbs the cold energy of the spark atmosphere continuously flowing through a second passage to liquefy water vapor, then enters a water collector (12) to be filtered and remove liquid water, and the residual pure carbon dioxide enters a mixer (14) after being further pressurized by a compressor (13) and is mixed with hydrogen to form mixed gas;
s3, after the mixed gas from the mixer (14) enters a mixed gas pipeline (15), the mixed gas is firstly heated to the starting temperature of the Sabatier reaction by an electric heater (16), then enters the front half part of the Sabatier reactor (17), the Sabatier reaction is carried out under the action of the Sabatier reaction catalyst filled in the Sabatier reaction reactor, then the mixed gas continuously flows through the back half part of the Sabatier reactor (17) for continuous reaction, the reaction heat is absorbed by a loop heat pipe (18) and is conducted to a rotary wheel desorption channel (7) for desorption and regeneration of the rotary wheel desorption channel (7), so that the temperature of the back half part of the Sabatier reactor (17) is reduced, the conversion rate of the reaction is improved, and finally a product gas of the Sabatier reaction is output by the Sabatier reactor (17).
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