A prototype air/fluid separator suction apparatus proposed as a possible design for use with the Health Maintenance Facility aboard Space Station Freedom (SSF) was evaluated. A KC-135 parabolic flight test was performed for this purpose. The flights followed the standard 40 parabola profile with 20 to 25 seconds of near-zero gravity in each parabola. A protocol was prepared to evaluate the prototype device in several regulator modes (or suction force), using three fluids of varying viscosity, and using either continuous or intermittent suction. It was felt that a matrixed approach would best approximate the range of utilization anticipated for medical suction on SSF. The protocols were performed in one-gravity in a lab setting to familiarize the team with procedures and techniques. Identical steps were performed aboard the KC-135 during parabolic flight.


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    Titel :

    Evaluation of prototype air/fluid separator for Space Station Freedom Health Maintenance Facility


    Beteiligte:
    Billica, Roger (Autor:in) / Smith, Maureen (Autor:in) / Murphy, Linda (Autor:in) / Kizzee, Victor D. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.09.1991


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Space Station Health Maintenance Facility

    Pearlman, Frederick / Howard, J. Albert / Farrell, Stephen M. et al. | SAE Technical Papers | 1986