CARBON DIOXIDE SUBLIMATION GENERATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220290583A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:US17200211

    申请日:2021-03-12

    Abstract: A sublimation generator including a sublimation tank configured to receive ice including at least carbon dioxide. The sublimation generator also includes a first heat exchanger in thermal communication with the sublimation tank. The first heat exchanger being configured to expel heat from a coolant into the sublimation tank to sublimate the carbon dioxide into a gaseous state. The sublimation generator also includes a gas turbine generator fluidly connected to the sublimation tank and configured to receive the carbon dioxide in the gaseous state.

    VARIABLE VOLUME AIRLOCK
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230182930A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US17546325

    申请日:2021-12-09

    CPC classification number: B64G1/60 B64G1/48 B64G2001/224

    Abstract: An airlock for an extraplanetary environment includes an enclosed volume, an interior hatch separating the enclosed volume from a pressurized space, and an exterior hatch separating the enclosed volume from an external environment. The enclosed volume is selectably variable to reduce a mass of resources, lost into the external environment from the enclosed volume. A method of assembling an airlock for an extraplanetary environment includes defining an enclosed volume, positioning an interior hatch at the enclosed volume separating the enclosed volume from a pressurized space, and positioning an exterior hatch at the enclosed volume separating the enclosed volume from an external environment. The enclosed volume is selectably variable to reduce a mass of resources lost into the external environment from the enclosed volume.

    MULTI-STAGE CLEANING OF SPACE SUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20220212236A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17142468

    申请日:2021-01-06

    Abstract: A system to perform multi-stage cleaning of material from a space suit worn by an astronaut in a deep space environment includes one or more discharge units installed external to an interior volume of a facility in the deep space environment. Each of the one or more discharge units releases one or more substances. The one or more substances includes water or air and the interior volume of the facility is defined by an interior hatch that is separated from an exterior hatch leading to the deep space environment by an airlock. One or more collection units installed external to the interior volume. Each collection unit traps released material that is released from a space suit based on the multi-stage cleaning to prevent the released material from entering the interior volume.

    FLUID TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200132202A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-04-30

    申请号:US16172278

    申请日:2018-10-26

    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transporting fluid, including a first vessel and a second vessel, the system including: a split volume tank comprising a first volume and a second volume, wherein when one of the volumes expands the other volume collapses; and a four way valve fluidly connecting the first and second volumes and first vessel and the second vessel, the four way valve comprising a plurality of passages including a first passage and a second passage, the four way valve being controllable between a plurality of orientations including: a first orientation in which the first passage fluidly connects the first volume and the first vessel and the second passage fluidly connects the second volume and the second vessel; a second orientation in which the first passage fluidly connects the first volume and the second vessel and the second passage fluidly connects the second volume and the first vessel.

    Carbon dioxide sublimation generator

    公开(公告)号:US11454138B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US17200211

    申请日:2021-03-12

    Abstract: A sublimation generator including a sublimation tank configured to receive ice including at least carbon dioxide. The sublimation generator also includes a first heat exchanger in thermal communication with the sublimation tank. The first heat exchanger being configured to expel heat from a coolant into the sublimation tank to sublimate the carbon dioxide into a gaseous state. The sublimation generator also includes a gas turbine generator fluidly connected to the sublimation tank and configured to receive the carbon dioxide in the gaseous state.

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