Water Storage System for Lunar Life Support and Exploration
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Marius Banica
- Project team : Tim Altorfer, David Dudli, Prof. Dr. Markus Weber Sutter, Dario Wichser
- Project budget : CHF 78'000
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Third party (Sirin Orbital Systems AG)
Description
Early technology development of water storage system for lunar life support and exploration. Define hydraulic architecture, including electric and thermal budgets Develop a dynamic numerical model of the system (hydraulics, electric components, thermal behavior, control and instrumentation). Testing of scaled down prototype(s) for separation and mixing unit(s)
Publications
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Banica, Marius Christian; Altorfer, Tim; Inauen, Jan; Wichser, Dario; Dudli, David; Weber Sutter, Markus; Madi, Matteo; Yao, Yang; Mezzenga, Raffaele,
2023.
Journal of Aerospace Engineering.
36(6), pp. 04023084.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1061/JAEEEZ.ASENG-5187