A new and advanced portable life support system (PLSS) for space suit surface exploration will require a durable, compact, and energy efficient system to transport the ventilation stream through the space suit. Current space suits used by NASA circulate the ventilation stream via a ball-bearing supported centrifugal fan. As NASA enters the design phase for the next generation PLSS, it is necessary to evaluate available technologies to determine what improvements can be made in mass, volume, power, and reliability for a ventilation transport system. Several air movement devices already designed for commercial, military, and space applications are optimized in these areas and could be adapted for EVA use. This paper summarizes the efforts to identify and compare the latest fan and bearing technologies to determine candidates for the next generation PLSS.


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    Titel :

    Ventilation Transport Trade Study for Future Space Suit Life Support Systems


    Beteiligte:
    Kempf, Robert (Autor:in) / Vogel, Matthew (Autor:in) / Paul, Heather L. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    38th International Conference on Environmental Systems


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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