Synthetic Gas-Bladders for On-Site Oxygen Purification
Abstract
Oxygen purification is an ongoing problem for medical evacuation procedures. The weight and energy must be minimized to create safe and reliable, yet highly portable equipment. The performer seeks to create a compact, energy efficient oxygen purifier that can be used in-field. An ideal device would be the size of a portable flashlight and achieve 300 mL/min for the rate of oxygen purification. The performer s model system for this design is the fish’s gas bladder, a piscine organ that enables countercurrent purification of oxygen at depths in the ocean of up to 100 m2. To create a synthetic swim-bladder, they need to develop micro-scale systems for gas concentration. The goals within this scope of the defined work will be to: (1) create and understand the fishes swim bladder system, (2) develop a working model of a counter-current purification system, (3) expand that system to enhance oxygen transport to yield 80% O2.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512705
Entities
People
- Aaron P Esser-Kahn
Organizations
- Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy