International Space Station (ISS) Oxygen High Pressure Storage Management 2004-01-2596
High pressure oxygen onboard the ISS provides support for Extra Vehicular Activities (EVA) and contingency metabolic support for the crew. This high pressure O2 is brought to the ISS by the Space Shuttle and is transferred using the Oxygen Recharge Compressor Assembly (ORCA). There are several drivers that must be considered in managing the available high pressure O2 on the ISS. The amount of O2 the Shuttle can fly up is driven by manifest mass limitations, launch slips, and on orbit Shuttle power requirements. The amount of O2 that is used from the ISS high pressure gas tanks (HPGT) is driven by the number of Shuttle docked and undocked EVAs, the type of EVA prebreath protocol that is used and contingency use of O2 for metabolic support. Also, the use of the ORCA must be managed to optimize its life on orbit and assure that it will be available to transfer the planned amount of O2 from the Shuttle. Management of this resource has required long range planning and coordination between Shuttle manifest on orbit plans. To further optimize the situation hardware options have been pursued.
Citation: Lewis, J., Dake, J., Cover, J., Leonard, D. et al., "International Space Station (ISS) Oxygen High Pressure Storage Management," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-2596, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2596. Download Citation
Author(s):
John F. Lewis, Jason Dake, John Cover, Dan Leonard, Carl Bohannon
Affiliated:
JSC NASA
Pages: 8
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 2004 Transactions Journal of Aerospace-V113-1
Related Topics:
Spacecraft
Reusable launch vehicles and shuttles
Fuel tanks
Oxygen
Pressure
Hardware
Storage
Vehicle drivers
Compressors
Planning / scheduling
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