Virtual Design of a 4-Bed Molecular Sieve for Exploration

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2017-07-16

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47th International Conference on Environmental Systems

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As part of NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) program and the Life Support Systems Project (LSSP), fully predictive models of the Four Bed Molecular Sieve (4BMS) of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) on the International Space Station (ISS) are being developed. This virtual laboratory will be used to help reduce mass, power, and volume requirements for future missions. In this paper we describe current and planned modeling developments in the area of carbon dioxide removal to support future crewed Mars missions as well as the resolution of anomalies observed in the ISS CDRA.

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Timothy Giesy, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), USA
Robert Coker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
Brian O'Connor, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), USA
James Knox, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), USA
ICES300: ECLSS Modeling and Test Correlations
The 47th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in South Carolina, USA on 16 July 2017 through 20 July 2017

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Adsorption, Simulation, Carbon dioxide processing

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