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An Advanced Carbon Reactor Subsystem for Carbon Dioxide Reduction
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Reduction of metabolic carbon dioxide is one of the essential steps in physiochemical air revitalization for long-duration manned space missions. Under contract with NASA Johnson Space Center, Hamilton Standard is developing an Advanced Carbon Reactor Subsystem (ACRS) to produce water and dense solid carbon from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The ACRS essentially consists of a Sabatier Methanation Reactor (SMR) to reduce carbon dioxide with hydrogen to methane and water, a gas-liquid separator to remove product water from the methane, and a Carbon Formation Reactor (CFR) to pyrolyze methane to carbon and hydrogen. The hydrogen is recycled to the SMR, while the produce carbon is periodically removed from the CFR. The SMR is well-developed, while the CFR is under development. In this paper, the fundamentals of the SMR and CFR processes are presented and results of Breadboard CFR testing are reported. A preprototype ACRS, currently being developed for Space Station application, is also described.
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Noyes, G., Standard, H., and Cusick, R., "An Advanced Carbon Reactor Subsystem for Carbon Dioxide Reduction," SAE Technical Paper 860995, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/860995.Also In
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