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Demonstration of Metabolic Heat Regenerated Temperature Swing Adsorption Technology
Technical Paper
2007-01-3274
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
Patent-pending Metabolic heat regenerated Temperature Swing Adsorption (MTSA) technology is currently being investigated for removal and rejection of carbon dioxide (CO2) and heat from a Portable Life Support System (PLSS) to a Martian environment. The metabolically-produced CO2 present in the ventilation loop gas is collected using a CO2 selective adsorbent that has been cooled via a heat exchanger to near CO2 sublimation temperatures (∼195 K) with liquid CO2 (LCO2) obtained from Martian resources. Once the adsorbent is fully loaded, used, warm (∼300 K), moist ventilation loop gas is used to heat the adsorbent via another heat exchanger to reject the collected CO2 to the Martian ambient. Two beds are used to achieve continuous CO2 removal by cycling between the cold and warm conditions for adsorbent loading and regeneration, respectively. A Demonstrator has been designed, built, and tested to investigate the feasibility of 1) warming the adsorbent using the ventilation loop, 2) cooling the adsorbent using LCO2, and 3) using these two methods in conjunction to remove CO2 from a simulated ventilation loop and reject it to simulated Mars ambient. Both analytical and numerical methods were used to perform design calculations and trades. The demonstrator was built and tested. The design analysis and testing results are presented along with recommendations for future development required to increase the maturity of the technology.
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Authors
- Christine Iacomini - Paragon Space Development Corporation
- Aaron Powers - Paragon Space Development Corporation
- Jonah Dunham - Paragon Space Development Corporation
- Kathrine Straub-Lopez - Paragon Space Development Corporation
- Grant Anderson - Paragon Space Development Corporation
- Taber MacCallum - Paragon Space Development Corporation
- Heather L. Paul - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center
Citation
Iacomini, C., Powers, A., Dunham, J., Straub-Lopez, K. et al., "Demonstration of Metabolic Heat Regenerated Temperature Swing Adsorption Technology," SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-3274, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-3274.Also In
References
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- Iacomini, C. S. Powers, A. Bower, C. Straub-Lopez, K. Anderson, G. MacCallum, T. Paul, H. L. “Metabolic heat regenerated Temperature Swing Adsorption for CO2 & Heat Removal/Rejection in a Martian PLSS” 07ICES-243 2007
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