Air Loop Concepts for Environmental Control and Life Support 891537
Air loops play a key role in the Environmental Control and Life Support Subsystems (ECLSS) of manned spacecraft.
They constitute the essential interface between the crew and those ECLSS assemblies which are responsible for crew safety, comfort and health.
Further, air is required to cool avionics and other equipment of the vehicle during the relevant operational phases. Thereby, air loops establish the essential interface between the ECLSS and the Thermal Control Subsystem (TCS).
The paper gives a classification of air loops features of laboratory modules and discusses the design implementation aspects of the various conceptual approaches. Features addressed are centralised - decentralised ECLSS, separated - combined air loops, subfloor architecture, cabin loop ventilation and rack cooling.
Particular emphasis is laid on the presently envisaged design solutions of the COLUMBUS programme elements.
Citation: Leiseifer, H., Hienerwadel, K., and Patti, B., "Air Loop Concepts for Environmental Control and Life Support," SAE Technical Paper 891537, 1989, https://doi.org/10.4271/891537. Download Citation
Author(s):
H. P. Leiseifer, K. O. Hienerwadel, B. Patti
Pages: 16
Event:
Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Spacecraft
Cooling
Architecture
Avionics
Tools and equipment
Comfort
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