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Plasma pyrolysis assembly regeneration evaluation
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Medlen, Amber Miller, Lee A. Abney, Morgan B. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | In April 2010 the Carbon Dioxide Reduction Assembly (CRA) was delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). This technology requires hydrogen to recover oxygen from carbon dioxide. This results in the production of water and methane. Water is electrolyzed to provide oxygen to the crew. Methane is vented to space resulting in a loss of valuable hydrogen and unreduced carbon dioxide. This is not critical for ISS because of the water resupply from Earth. However, in order to have enough oxygen for long-term missions, it will be necessary to recover the hydrogen to maximize oxygen recovery. Thus, the Plasma Pyrolysis Assembly (PPA) was designed to recover hydrogen from methane. During operation, the PPA produces small amounts of carbon that can ultimately reduce performance by forming on the walls and windows of the reactor chamber. The carbon must be removed, although mechanical methods are highly inefficient, thus chemical methods are of greater interest. The purpose of this effort was to determine the feasibility of chemically removing the carbon from the walls and windows of a PPA reactor using a pure carbon dioxide stream. |
| File Size | 1914857 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110015808 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9479cq28 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-07-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Plasma Physics Water Pyrolysis Methanation International Space Station Losses Hydrogen Plasmas Physics Carbon Dioxide Walls Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Presentation |