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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 114, 2017
2017 International Conference on Mechanical, Material and Aerospace Engineering (2MAE 2017)
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Article Number | 02011 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Chapter 2: Materials | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201711402011 | |
Published online | 10 July 2017 |
Air dehumidification by membrane with cold water for manned spacecraft environmental control
1 Beijing Institute of Spacecraft Environmental Engineering, Beijing, China
2 School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
a Corresponding author: yonghongshang@126.com
The traditional condensation dehumidification method requires additional gas-liquid separation and water recovery process in the manned spacecraft humidity control system, which would increase weight and complexity of systems. A new membrane dehumidification with cold water is proposed, which uses water vapor partial pressure difference to promote water vapor transmembrane mass transfer for dehumidification. The permeability of the membrane was measured and the experimental results agree well with the theoretical calculations. Based on the simulation of dehumidification process of cold water-membrane, the influence of module structure and working condition on dehumidification performance was analyzed, which provided reference for the design of membrane module construct. It can be seen from the simulation and experiments that the cold water-membrane dehumidification can effectively reduce the thermal load of the manned spacecraft.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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