Post by account_disabled on Feb 19, 2024 14:36:24 GMT 8
NASA's plan to send humans to the Moon and Mars would add another milestone for human space exploration. However, living on the moon or Mars will be a challenging task for humans. Among other things, they will require sustainable heating and air conditioning that can withstand extreme temperatures hundreds of degrees above or below what we experience on Earth.
How do you see space habitats?
Building these space habitats requires a deep understanding of how reduced gravity affects the boiling and condensation processes that are essential for all heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems to function effectively in Earth's gravity.
This is where a Purdue University experiment on the International Space Station comes into play. The experiment called the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE) aims to investigate how boiling and condensation work in reduced gravity.
The experiment arrived at the space station on August 4 via Northrop Grumman's 19th commercial resupply services mission (NG-19) for NASA. The mission also carried a module for the second FBCE expe Special Data riment, which has been collecting data on the space station since August 2021.
The first experiment was completed last July, collecting data from an FBCE module on the space station that measures the effects of reduced gravity on boiling. The second experiment will be carried out using the additional components of the facility that arrived with the NG-19 spacecraft. You will investigate how condensation works in a reduced gravity environment.
These modules for FBCE will remain in orbit until 2025, allowing the broader fluid physics community to take advantage of this hardware.
The results of this research will support exploration on the Moon or Mars and will also help spacecraft travel longer distances. Missions further from Earth will require spacecraft with innovative power and propulsion systems, such as nuclear, thermal or electric.
FBCE data will help improve important systems on spacecraft, including thermal control systems, thermal management in space vehicles and planetary habitats, heat pumps for humidity control of cabins and crew habitats, and storage and transfer of cryogenic liquid propellants.
Additionally, it could help enable spacecraft to refuel in orbit by providing a scientific understanding of how reduced gravity affects the flow boiling behavior of cryogenic liquids that spacecraft use as propellant.
How do you see space habitats?
Building these space habitats requires a deep understanding of how reduced gravity affects the boiling and condensation processes that are essential for all heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems to function effectively in Earth's gravity.
This is where a Purdue University experiment on the International Space Station comes into play. The experiment called the Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE) aims to investigate how boiling and condensation work in reduced gravity.
The experiment arrived at the space station on August 4 via Northrop Grumman's 19th commercial resupply services mission (NG-19) for NASA. The mission also carried a module for the second FBCE expe Special Data riment, which has been collecting data on the space station since August 2021.
The first experiment was completed last July, collecting data from an FBCE module on the space station that measures the effects of reduced gravity on boiling. The second experiment will be carried out using the additional components of the facility that arrived with the NG-19 spacecraft. You will investigate how condensation works in a reduced gravity environment.
These modules for FBCE will remain in orbit until 2025, allowing the broader fluid physics community to take advantage of this hardware.
The results of this research will support exploration on the Moon or Mars and will also help spacecraft travel longer distances. Missions further from Earth will require spacecraft with innovative power and propulsion systems, such as nuclear, thermal or electric.
FBCE data will help improve important systems on spacecraft, including thermal control systems, thermal management in space vehicles and planetary habitats, heat pumps for humidity control of cabins and crew habitats, and storage and transfer of cryogenic liquid propellants.
Additionally, it could help enable spacecraft to refuel in orbit by providing a scientific understanding of how reduced gravity affects the flow boiling behavior of cryogenic liquids that spacecraft use as propellant.