The Dynamic Oxygen-Regulator Test Stand.
Abstract
The basic design of oxygen-breathing regulators has undergone minimal change during the last two decades. Performance standards for oxygen regulators have been based on continuous flows of gas at constant levels of flow, which do not represent the operational requirements of this equipment. To broaden the data base of oxygen-regulator performance characteristics, a test stand has been developed that imposes a wide range of constant and cyclically varying flows on the breathing-gas delivery system. Its use permits evaluation of oxygen-delivery equipment under more realistic conditions, which more closely match human breathing patterns. Using performance characteristics of oxygen regulators in the current USAF inventory, test procedures are being established; and design criteria will be developed for a new generation of breathing-gas delivery systems. By meeting these criteria, oxygen-delivery systems will be more appropriately responsive to the actual physiological requirements of crewmembers in high-performance aircraft. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA060978
Entities
People
- Bruce F. Hiott
- F. Wesley Baumgardner
- Ronald D. Holden
Organizations
- United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine