Columbus ECLS Activation and Initial Operations 2008-01-2135
European Space Agency's (ESA's) Columbus module was launched on February 7, 2008. This marks the completion of more than 10 years of development. It is a major step forward for Europe in the area of Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLS) as Columbus contains several major assemblies which have been developed in Europe. These include the Condensing Heat Exchanger, Condensate Water Separator and the Cabin Fans.
The paper gives a short overview of the system and its features and it will report the experiences from the initial activation and operations phase.
Citation: Witt, J., Hinderer, S., Bockstahler, K., Müller, R. et al., "Columbus ECLS Activation and Initial Operations," SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-2135, 2008, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-2135. Download Citation
Author(s):
Johannes Witt, Stephan Hinderer, Klaus Bockstahler, Roland Müller, Zoltan Szigetvari
Affiliated:
European Space Agency, Astrium GmbH
Pages: 9
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Heat exchangers
Fans
Technical review
Water
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