Development Status of Amine-based, Combined Humidity, CO
2
and Trace Contaminant Control System for CEV
2006-01-2192
Under a NASA-sponsored technology development project, a multi-disciplinary team consisting of industry, academia, and government organizations lead by Hamilton Sundstrand is developing an amine-based humidity and CO2 removal process and prototype equipment for Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) applications. Originally this project sought to research enhanced amine formulations and incorporate a trace contaminant control capability into the sorbent. In October 2005, NASA re-directed the project team to accelerate the delivery of hardware by approximately one year and emphasize deployment on board the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) as the near-term developmental goal. Preliminary performance requirements were defined based on nominal and off-nominal conditions and the design effort was initiated using the baseline amine sorbent, SA9T. As part of the original project effort, basic sorbent development was continued with the University of Connecticut and dynamic equilibrium trace contaminant adsorption characteristics were evaluated by NASA. This paper summarizes the University sorbent research effort, the basic trace contaminant loading characteristics of the SA9T sorbent, design support testing, and the status of the full-scale system hardware design and manufacturing effort.
Citation: Nalette, T., Papale, W., Smith, F., and Perry, J., "Development Status of Amine-based, Combined Humidity, CO2 and Trace Contaminant Control System for CEV," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-2192, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-2192. Download Citation
Author(s):
Tim Nalette, William Papale, Fred Smith, Jay Perry
Affiliated:
Hamilton Sundstrand, NASA
Pages: 9
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
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