A Parametric Study of the Release of CO2 in Space

Abstract

SOCRATES (Spacecraft/Orbiter Contamination Representation Accounting for Transiently Emitted Species), which has been developed to account for contamination on spacecraft, has been used to simulate the CO2 reaction with atomic oxygen and hydrogen at altitudes of 500 to 800 km. The computerized simulation shows that the reactions of H atoms with CO2 and O with CO2 generate measurable quantities of radiation at the fundamental frequencies of carbon monoxide and OH. The intensity of these emissions was studied as a function of altitude and time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1991
Accession Number
ADA236271

Entities

People

  • A. Setayesh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Altitude
  • Classification
  • Contamination
  • Data Science
  • Emission
  • Engineering
  • Gases
  • Gray Scale
  • Hydrogen
  • Intensity
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Radiation
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Spacecraft
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Space