CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION SYSTEM

Abstract

An automatically operated carbon dioxide reduction system was designed, fabricated and tested. The system will reduce 0.365 pounds of carbon dioxide per hour, equivalent to a 3.2-man carbon dIoxide output, and is required for providing respiratory support for man on extended space missions. The program was conducted In three phases, analysis of a reactor developed on a previous contract, experimental determination of design parameters, and fabrication and testing of an improved engineering model. Operating characteristics, feed gas compositions, recycle flow rates, reaction temperatures and pressures, and catalyst composition and configuration were established and the effects of variations in these were determined. Recommendations are made for improving the system and for future work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0402419

Entities

People

  • G. A. Remus
  • J. D. Zeff
  • R. B. Neveril

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide Sensors
  • Carbon Steels
  • Chemical Equilibrium
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Fabrication
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Of Formation
  • Heat Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Power Supplies
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Regulators
  • Thermodynamic Properties

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster