Development and Testing of a Two-Stage Air Drying System for Spacecraft Cabin CO2 Removal Systems

dc.creatorHogan, John
dc.creatorJan, Darrell
dc.creatorPalmer, Gary H.
dc.creatorRichardson, Tra-My Justine
dc.creatorLinggi, Paul
dc.creatorLu, Zhe
dc.creatorKamiya, Takeshi
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-20 14:38
dc.date.available2014-10-20 14:38
dc.date.issued2014-07-13
dc.descriptionTucson, Arizona
dc.descriptionThe 44th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Tuscon, Arizona, USA on 13 July 2014 through 17 July 2014.
dc.descriptionJohn Hogan, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
dc.descriptionDarrell Jan, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
dc.descriptionGary H. Palmer, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
dc.descriptionTra-My Justine Richardson, CSS-Dynamac, USA
dc.descriptionPaul Linggi, University Space Research Association, USA
dc.descriptionZhe Lu, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions, USA
dc.descriptionTakeshi Kamiya, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
dc.description.abstractThe use of molecular sieves such as zeolite for the removal of CO2 in spacecraft cabin atmospheres necessitates thorough water removal prior to processing. This is because water also binds readily with these sieves, and will lead to reduced CO2 loading capacity and water-contaminated CO2 streams for resource recovery. A two-stage air drying system has been under development at NASA Ames Research Center to address this need. The system consists of a membrane-based bulk dryer designed to passively remove up to 80% of the inlet water using the ultra-dry exhaust airstream from the CO2 removal system, and a regenerable, thermal-swing, structured-sorbent residual dryer that removes the remaining water to a nominal exit dew-point of -65oC. Individual unit testing of both of these units was conducted and indicates both are potential candidates for use in future missions. This paper provides that data from these tests.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-692-38220-2
dc.identifier.otherICES-2014-220
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/59648
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher44th International Conference on Environmental Systemsen_US
dc.titleDevelopment and Testing of a Two-Stage Air Drying System for Spacecraft Cabin CO2 Removal Systemsen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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