Development Status of the Carbon Dioxide and Moisture Removal Amine Swing-bed (CAMRAS) 2007-01-3157
Under a NASA-sponsored technology development project, a multi-disciplinary team consisting of industry, academia, and government organizations led by Hamilton Sundstrand is developing an amine based humidity and carbon dioxide (CO2) removal process and prototype equipment for Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) applications. This system employs thermally linked amine sorbent beds operating as a pressure swing adsorption system, using the vacuum of space for regeneration. The prototype hardware was designed based on a two fault tolerant requirement, resulting in a single system that could handle the metabolic water and carbon dioxide load for a crew size of six. Two, full scale prototype hardware sets, consisting of a linear spool valve, actuator and amine sorbent canister, have been manufactured, tested, and subsequently delivered to NASA JSC. This paper presents the design configuration and the pre-delivery performance test results for the CAMRAS hardware.
Citation: Nalette, T., Papale, W., and Smith, F., "Development Status of the Carbon Dioxide and Moisture Removal Amine Swing-bed (CAMRAS)," SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-3157, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-3157. Download Citation
Author(s):
Tim Nalette, William Papale, Fred Smith
Affiliated:
Hamilton Sundstrand, NASA - Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Pages: 7
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Carbon dioxide
Hardware
Research and development
Pressure
Vacuum
Performance tests
Water
Valves
Humidity
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