The FAE Electrolyser Flight Experiment FAVORITE 2003-01-2629
An orbital flight test program for a fixed alkaline electrolyte (FAE) electrolyser stack is planned to be performed in September 2003 on board a Spacehab mission.
The flight experiment is supposed to demonstrate the readiness of the FAE technology as one essential component to close the oxygen loop on board the ISS by means of an Air Revitalization System, ARES.
The paper describes the design of the experiment, the current development status and the intended test program in space and shows its programmatic relation to ARES.
