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High performance mars liquid cooling and ventilation garment project
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Whitlock, David Conger, Bruce Clayton, Ronald Terrier Sr., Douglas |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | EVA space suit mobility in micro-gravity is enough of a challenge and in the gravity of Mars, improvements in mobility will enable the suited crew member to efficiently complete EVA objectives. The idea proposed is to improve thermal efficiencies of the liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG) in the torso area in order to free up the arms and legs by removing the liquid tubes currently used in the ISS EVA suit in the limbs. By using shaped water tubes that greatly increase the contact area with the skin in the torso region of the body, the heat transfer efficiency can be increased to provide the entire liquid cooling requirement and increase mobility by freeing up the arms and legs. Additional potential benefits of this approach include reduced LCVG mass, enhanced evaporation cooling, increased comfort during Mars EVA tasks, and easing of the overly dry condition in the helmet associated with the Advanced Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) ventilation loop currently under development. |
| File Size | 405230 |
| Page Count | 5 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150022317 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t83j8gd0n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2015-07-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Liquid Cooling Cooling Thermodynamic Efficiency Comfort Mobility Ventilation Space Suits Garments Extravehicular Activity Evaporation Extravehicular Mobility Units Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |