The International Space Station (ISS) Program requires that there always be a 45 calendar day contingency supply of breathing oxygen. In the early assembly stages, there is only one flight system, the Russian Solid Fuel Oxygen Generator (SFOG), which can meet that requirement. To better ensure the contingency oxygen supply, the Crew and Thermal Systems Division was directed to develop a flight hardware system that can meet all contingency oxygen requirements for ISS. Such a system, called the Backup Oxygen Candle System (BOCS), has been built and tested. The BOCS consists of 33 chlorate candles, a thermal containment apparatus, support equipment and packaging. The thermal containment apparatus utilizes the O2 produced by the candle as the motive stream in an ejector to passively cool the candle during operation.
Development of a Solid Chlorate Backup Oxygen Delivery System for the International Space Station
Sae Technical Papers
International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 2000
2000-07-10
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Packaging , Spacecraft , Hardware , Assembling , Oxygen
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