Models to Predict the Performance of Axial Flow Carbon Dioxide Absorptive Canisters.
Abstract
The Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) and the Naval Coastal Systems Center (NCSC) in Panama City, Florida are actively engaged in improvement of the Navy diving program. Numerous tests have been conducted, both manned and simulated, to assess the design considerations for axial flow canisters used to remove excess carbon dioxide from a driver's breathing medium. Models were developed using the techniques of multiple regression to predict the time at which the carbon dioxide concentration in a gas stream that exists a canister, exceeds the physiological limit for human respiration. Additional models were developed to predict canister efficiency as a function of various geometric and environmental parameters. Simple cross validation was performed in both cases to provide a measure of model applicability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA156939
Entities
People
- J. E. Yarborough Jr
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School