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Development of a Test Facility for Air Revitalization Technology Evaluation
Technical Paper
2007-01-3161
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Development of new air revitalization system (ARS) technology can initially be performed in a subscale laboratory environment, but in order to advance the maturity level, the technology must be tested in an end-to-end integrated environment. The Air Revitalization Technology Evaluation Facility (ARTEF) at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) serves as a ground test bed for evaluating emerging ARS technologies in an environment representative of spacecraft atmospheres. At the center of the ARTEF is a hypobaric chamber which serves as a sealed atmospheric chamber for closed loop testing. A Human Metabolic Simulator (HMS) was custom-built to simulate the consumption of oxygen, and production of carbon dioxide, moisture and heat by up to eight persons. A variety of gas analyzers and dew point sensors are used to monitor the chamber atmosphere and the process flow upstream and downstream of a test article. A robust vacuum system is needed to simulate the vacuum of space. A robust data acquisition and control system is required to integrate all the subsystem controls and data together. This paper presents the capabilities of the integrated test facility and some of the issues encountered during the integration.
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Lu, S., Lin, A., Campbell, M., Smith, F. et al., "Development of a Test Facility for Air Revitalization Technology Evaluation," SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-3161, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-3161.Also In
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- Lange, Kevin et al. Development of a Human Metabolic Simulator (HMS) for Air Revitalization System Testing ICES 961523 July 2004
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