Thermal Comfort, Ventilation Efficiency, Contaminant Removal Effectiveness and Safety in the Columbus Cabin

Columbus is being built as the European contribution to the International Space Station (ISS) Program. The ECLS subsystem is developed by DaimlerChrysler Aerospace/Dornier under a contract from Alenia Aerospazio.

This paper will survey the qualification test results of the Columbus cabin ventilation subjective test conduction up to February 2000.