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Clearing the air: new approaches to life support in outer space
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Knox, J. Howard, D. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | This article reports on research into atmospheric revitalization systems for long-term space travel and the use ofCOMSOL Multiphysics to understand how structured sorbents can be used to improve the performance of adsorption processes via thermal management. We are developing the next generation of atmosphere revitalization systems, which will reach for new levels of resource conservation via a high percentage of loop closure. For example, a high percentage of carbon dioxide, exhaled by crew, can be converted via reaction to drinking water, closing the loop from human metabolic waste to supply. Adsorption processes play a lead role in these new/closed loop systems. |
| File Size | 1773457 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080018881 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1rg0qf45 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2008-05-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Life Support Systems Metabolic Wastes Adsorption Sorbents Closed Ecological Systems Carbon Dioxide Long Duration Space Flight Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
