Water Storage System for Lunar Life Support and Exploration
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).
Key data
Projectlead
Project team
Tim Altorfer, David Dudli, Prof. Dr. Markus Weber Sutter, Dario Wichser
Project partners
Sirin Orbital Systems AG
Project status
completed, 12/2021 - 08/2023
Institute/Centre
Institute of Energy Systems and Fluid Engineering (IEFE)
Funding partner
Sirin Orbital Systems AG
Project budget
78'000 CHF