Pumping Equipment of Autonomous Inhabited Systems

Practically any processes vital for autonomous inhabited systems require forced transfer of liquids. Therefore, such systems normally incorporate pumps of various types.

The specific features of the autonomous inhabited systems result in the fact that the pumping equipment of these systems also has some specific features.

The methods of selecting a particular type of pump and general estimate of its specific features are considered for one typical kind of autonomous inhabited system, i.e., for the life-support and survival systems of space vehicles.