Environmental control and life support systems analysis for a Space Station life sciences animal experimentNASA's Langley and Goddard facilities have evaluated the effects of animal science experiments on the Space Station's Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) by means of computer-aided analysis, assuming an animal colony consisting of 96 rodents and eight squirrel monkeys. Thirteen ECLSS options were established for the reclamation of metabolic oxygen and waste water. Minimum cost and weight impacts on the ECLSS are found to accrue to the system's operation in off-nominal mode, using electrochemical CO2 removal and a static feed electrolyzer for O2 generation.
Document ID
19880033854
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
So, Kenneth T. (Rockwell International Corp Downey, CA, United States)
Hall, John B., Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Thompson, Clifford D. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)