[TML] lifeboats

[Kirk Bailey]

Anthony Jackson wrote:
> shadow at shadowgard.com wrote:
> 
>> High concentration hydrogen peroxide is far too hazardous to use in a 
>> lifeboat. It reacts with way too many impurities. And the reaction 
>> after a leak would likely kill the occupants of the lifeboat.
> 
> I'm not sure I can think of any methods of storing oxygen that are both 
> safe and don't require an external power supply to actually free the 
> oxygen (LOx requires power for refrigeration). If you have somewhere 
> around a hundred watts of free electric power per passenger (with a 
> power supply that doesn't use oxygen, obviously) electrolysis of water 
> may be your best bet.

H2o2 decomposes in the presence of several catylists, the most commonly 
known one is silver, but others work wweell. Silver happens to also be a 
nice metal to make mechanical parts out of. Iit decomposes into H20 and O, 
and when done en masse, this immediately  becomes h20 and o2. If the 
concentration is at all high, the reaction liberates enough energy to 
deliver LIVE STEAM.

H2O2 fed though a silver injector into a steam turbine makes mechanical 
power, water, and oxygen. Add a centrifuge on the arse end of the turbine 
and have 2 outlets, or better, feed the steam to a condenser fin, then  back 
to the separator on  said axis, and out comes o2 and h20- and mechanical 
power. Add a dynamo, and maybe the fan for the air handler, and most of your 
work  is done.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide
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