Hardware Scaleup Procedures for P/C Life Support Systems

This paper compares scaleup correlations developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and at the Langley Research Center (LaRC) for various life support hardware to estimate mass, volume, and power consumption values as a function of feed or product mass flow rates. The scaleup correlations are provided for a few selected advanced life support technologies developed for the Space Station Freedom (SSF). In addition, correlation validity limits and sources of data on various life support hardware are also discussed.