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Next Generation Life Support (NGLS): Continuous Electrochemical Gas Separator (CEGS) Element

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Release Date
9 April 2015
Modified Date
8 July 2015
Publishers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Keywords
active, cegs, element, johnson-space-center
Identifier
next-generation-life-support-ngls-continuous-electrochemical-gas-separator-cegs-element
Landing Page
http://techport.nasa.gov/view/18491
Maintainers
Stephen Gaddis stephen.w.gaddis@nasa.gov
Language
en-US

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Description

<p>Life support systems on human spacecraft are designed to provide a safe, habitable environment for the astronauts, and one of the most significant challenges is managing acceptable air quality. Carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) is an important trace gas produced by human metabolism that must be actively removed from spacecraft cabin atmosphere.</p><p>The Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) currently on board the ISS performs the carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) removal function as part of the on-board Atmosphere Revitalization System (ARS). It is considered the state-of-the-art for manned spacecraft cabins, but has two significant drawbacks:</p><p>1. The CDRA requires that air be dried prior to CO<sub>2</sub> capture, and this costs energy – in fact, the system uses much energy drying the air than is required for capturing and releasing carbon dioxide.</p><p>2. The CDRA works in batch mode, requiring complicated valving and control to switch between sorbing and desorbing beds, while downstream CO<sub>2</sub> processing systems can operate on a continuous stream of CO<sub>2</sub>. This adds unnecessary complexity, as well as a second parasitic energy loss.</p><p>An ideal system would process CO<sub>2</sub> continuously without any need for drying of the air, and without any moving parts. Such a system would require a fraction of the size and weight of the CDRA while dropping the cost of CO<sub>2</sub> capture by 5X or more. Such a technology would be enabling for future long term manned flight missions, such as a mission to Mars. This element is developing a new electrochemical membrane technology using patented innovations in electrolyte materials. Technology development began under a Phase I effort funded by the NASA Advanced Innovative Concepts Program.</p><p>The prior Phase I effort demonstrated the functionality of the basic approach to CO<sub>2</sub> separation, demonstrating CO<sub>2</sub> removal using only electrical input using a film in a membrane configuration. Membrane synthesis and fabrication techniques were developed that allowed for the successful incorporation and retention of an electrochemically active carrier molecule using composite liquid membrane technology. This allowed for the successful demonstration of a continuous CO<sub>2</sub> capture rate at 40% in a single step with no moving parts. A higher capture rate of 80% was demonstrated in a batch mode during this phase.  The work gave promise that highly efficient, low energy separation of CO<sub>2</sub> was possible using this technology, with the potential of operational energy savings as high as 80% compared with the state of the art, together with a weight and size footprint that could be as much as 75% smaller. The key enabling technology – composite liquid membrane materials – allow creation of a functional electrochemical membrane in a thin film form factor that enables this technology and application.  This prior work, however, demonstrated CO<sub>2</sub> from nitrogen gas only, not humidified air.  It will be a technical challenge to prove the concept in representative cabin atmosphere containing moisture and oxygen.</p><p>This Element, representing Phase II tasks, will focus on modifying the composite membrane system, evaluating active carrier molecules, ionic liquid solvents and membrane properties to operate the system efficiently in humid air.  Reliability and performance of the system will be evaluated.  Finally, a subscale system for a prototype air purifier will be designed. The effort will include increasing the size of the test cell and demonstrating long-term operation of the membranes under simulated cabin air (oxygen and nitrogen mixture with moisture), consistent with NASA requirements.</p>


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