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.
CONTAMINATION LIMITER FOR REDUCING OUTGASSED VOLATILE CONDENSABLE MATERIALS FROM EXTERNAL SENSITIVE OPTICAL AND THERMAL SURFACES OF A SPACECRAFT
2020-04-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
Contamination limiter for reducing outgassed volatile condensable materials from spacecraft
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