Resource Tracking Model Updates and Trade Studies

Date

2016-07-10

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Publisher

46th International Conference on Environmental Systems

Abstract

The Resource Tracking Model has been updated to capture system manager and project manager inputs. Both the Trick/General Use Nodal Network Solver Resource Tracking Model (RTM) simulator and the RTM mass balance spreadsheet have been revised to address inputs from system managers and to refine the way mass balance is illustrated. The revisions to the RTM included the addition of a Plasma Pyrolysis Assembly (PPA) to recover hydrogen from Sabatier Reactor methane, which was vented in the prior version of the RTM. The effect of the PPA on the overall balance of resources in an exploration vehicle is illustrated in the increased recycle of vehicle oxygen. Case studies have been run to show the relative effect of performance changes on vehicle resources.

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United States
NASA JSC
Consolidated Analysis Center, Incorporated
103
ICES103: Thermal and Environmental Control of Exploration Vehicles and Surface Habitats
Vienna, Austria
Joe Chambliss, NASA Johnson Space Center, USA
Imelda Stambaugh, NASA Johnson Space Center, USA
Michael Moore, L3 Communications, Johnson Space Center, USA
The 46th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Vienna, Austria, USA on 10 July 2016 through 14 July 2016.

Keywords

Simulation, Regenerative, ECLSS, Modeling

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