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The FAE Electrolyser Flight Experiment FAVORITE: Final Design and Pre-flight Ground Test Results
Technical Paper
2005-01-2809
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
FAVORITE (Fixed Alkaline Electrolyte Electrolyser Water Vapor Oxygen Reclamation In-flight Technology Demonstration Experiment) is an orbital flight experiment for a fixed alkaline electrolyte (FAE) electrolyser stack dedicated to generate oxygen and hydrogen out of water for life support and other applications.
It was originally planned to fly in September 2003 on board the SpaceHab mission STS -118 with the space shuttle COLUMBIA flight ISS-13A.1, but after the tragic accident of COLUMBIA it was adapted to be launched with the unmanned Russian FOTON-M2 in May 2005.
FAVORITE was therefore redesigned, manufactured and ground tested in 2004.
This paper summarizes the pre-flight ground test results, reports on the lessons-learnt and gives an overview of the intended in-orbit and post-mission test program.
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Knorr, W., Tan, G., Witt, J., and Houdou, B., "The FAE Electrolyser Flight Experiment FAVORITE: Final Design and Pre-flight Ground Test Results," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-2809, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-2809.Also In
References
- Knorr, W. Raatschen, W. Tan, G. Witt J. The FAE Electrolyser Flight Experiment FAVORITE 32 nd International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) San Antonio 2002 Paper 2002-01-2434 (published in the ICES 2003 proceedings)
- Knorr, W. Tan, G. Witt J. The FAE Electrolyser Flight Experiment FAVORITE: Current Development Status and Outlook 34 th International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) Colorado Springs 2004 Paper 2004-01-2490