Development of a Regenerable Metal Oxide CO2 Absorber for EMU Applications 961483
A regenerable metal oxide CO2 absorber is being developed for future Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) applications. It was designed to fit the existing shuttle EMU without modification of the interfaces.
Absorption and regeneration tests were performed with subscale and full-size laboratory absorbers. Data is presented for open and closed loop absorber tests that evaluate the effects of residence time, mass velocity, and internal temperature on performance, with emphasis is on the full-size test unit. Regeneration testing quantified the effects of temperature and air flow rate on desorption rate, and of various absorber cooling modes. Its objective was to optimize conditions for minimum peak power and minimum total energy consumption.
Citation: Buchmann, O., MacKnight, A., Gomez, D., and Supra, L., "Development of a Regenerable Metal Oxide CO2 Absorber for EMU Applications," SAE Technical Paper 961483, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/961483. Download Citation
Author(s):
O. A. Buchmann, A. K. MacKnight, D. Gomez, L. N. Supra
Affiliated:
AlliedSignal Aerospace
Pages: 8
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1996 Transactions - Journal of Aerospace-V105-1
Related Topics:
Energy consumption
Carbon dioxide
Metals
Mobility
Optimization
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