| タイトル | Results of the Vapor Compression Distillation Flight Experiment (VCD-FE) |
| 著者（英） | Graves, Rex; Hutchens, Cindy |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2004-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | Vapor Compression Distillation (VCD) is the chosen technology for urine processing aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Key aspects of the VCD design have been verified and significant improvements made throughout the ground;based development history. However, an important element lacking from previous subsystem development efforts was flight-testing. Consequently, the demonstration and validation of the VCD technology and the investigation of subsystem performance in micro-gravity were the primary goals of the VCD-FE. The Vapor Compression Distillation Flight Experiment (VCD-E) was a flight experiment aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-107 mission. The VCD-FE was a full-scale developmental version of the Space Station Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) and was designed to test some of the potential micro-gravity issues with the design. This paper summarizes the experiment results. |
| NASA分類 | Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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