At the 2002 ICES, FAVORITE, the orbital flight experiment for a fixed alkaline electrolyte (FAE) electrolyser stack was presented. The planning at that time was to fly the experiment in September 2003 on board the Space-Hab mission STS-118 with the space shuttle COLUMBIA flight ISS-13A.1.Due to the tragic accident of COLUMBIA on Feb. 1st, 2003, these plans became obsolete and alternative launch opportunities were looked for. They were finally found with the unmanned Russian FOTON-M2, which is built by TsSKB-PROGRESS in Samara, Russia and scheduled for launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in April 2005.Because of the switch from a manned to an unmanned mission and other operational constraints, FAVORITE had to be redesigned in several parts.This paper summarizes the objectives of the flight experiment and describes the required design changes. It also presents an overview of the actual development status as well as of the work ahead.
The FAE Electrolyser Flight Experiment FAVORITE: Current Development Status and Outlook
Sae Technical Papers
International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 2004
19.07.2004
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
The FAE Electrolyser Flight Experiment FAVORITE: Current Development Status and Outlook
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