One embodiment includes a contamination limiter for a spacecraft. The contamination limiter includes a body having an interior. An inlet is fluidly coupled to the interior of the body. A collector plate is positioned within the interior of the body. A UV light source is directed at a surface of the collector plate. An exterior vent is fluidly coupled to the interior of the body. A volatile condensable material from the spacecraft is photofixed by the UV light exposure to the collector plate prior to venting through an exterior vent to an exterior of the spacecraft.


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    Title :

    CONTAMINATION LIMITER FOR REDUCING OUTGASSED VOLATILE CONDENSABLE MATERIALS FROM EXTERNAL SENSITIVE OPTICAL AND THERMAL SURFACES OF A SPACECRAFT


    Contributors:
    PANG ANTHONY (author) / XIE JULIE (author) / LONTOC ELEAZAR P (author)

    Publication date :

    2020-04-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B01D SEPARATION , Trennen / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



    Contamination limiter for reducing outgassed volatile condensable materials from spacecraft

    PANG ANTHONY / XIE JULIE / LONTOC ELEAZAR P | European Patent Office | 2020

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