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Development Status of the ISS Oxygen Generation Assembly and Key Components
Technical Paper
2002-01-2269
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. (HSSSI) is under contract to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to develop, an Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) for the International Space Station (ISS). The Oxygen Generation Assembly (OGA) electrolyzes potable water from the Water Recovery System (WRS) to provide gaseous oxygen to the Space Station module atmosphere. The OGA produces oxygen for metabolic consumption by crew and biological specimens. The OGA also replenishes oxygen lost by experiment ingestion, airlock depressurization, CO2 venting, and leakage. As a byproduct, gaseous hydrogen is generated. The hydrogen will be supplied at a specified pressure range to support future utilization. Initially, the hydrogen will be vented overboard to space vacuum.
The OGA has been under development at HSSSI for 3 years. This paper will update last year's ICES paper on the design/development of the OGA. It will also present a key technology, the two-phase fluid sensor (bubble detector), which is being developed for the OGA to provide a failure detection capability. The bubble detector is an optical sensor which monitors the cross-section of a flow stream and generates a signal indicating the presence of free gas in the feed water.
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Cloud, D. and Zarzycki, M., "Development Status of the ISS Oxygen Generation Assembly and Key Components," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2269, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2269.Also In
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- ICES Paper 1999-01-2116 ISS Oxygen Generation Design Status
- ICES Paper 00 ICES-411 The Design and Development of Pumps for the ISS Oxygen Generation and Water Processor Assemblies
- ICES Paper 00-01-2349 Development Status and Safety Features of the ISS Oxygen Generation Assembly and Water Processor Assembly
- ICES Paper 2001-01-2-2314 Development Status and Maintainability Features of ISS Oxygen Generation and Water Processor Assemblies
- ICES Paper 2002-01-2360 Development of a Rotary Separator Accumulator for Use on the International Space Station
- ICES Paper 2002-01-2406 Hydrogen Sensor for the International Space Station Oxygen Generation Assembly