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Try a lunar base at 30% O2 with solid-fuel prevention and suppression priorities.
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Test whether solid materials burn as well in microgravity as in normal gravity when ventilation is adequate, and identify how suppressant application and fuel geometry change extinction behavior in a crewed spacecraft.
- O2
- 21%
- PRESSURE
- 14.7 psi
- HARDWARE
- Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) with the SPICE flow duct
Identify the worst-case material flammability geometry for spacecraft, compare it with the terrestrial upward-burning screening test, and map minimum oxygen and flow conditions for sustained burning.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- 14.7 psi
- HARDWARE
- Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) with the SPICE flow duct
Investigate large-scale flame growth and material flammability limits in space using a cargo vehicle after it departs the station, avoiding risk to the crewed ISS.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Spacecraft Fire Safety Demonstration payload in a Cygnus cargo vehicle
Build on Saffire-I by expanding the material test portfolio to include Nomex and spacecraft window acrylic at large scale.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Spacecraft Fire Safety Demonstration payload in a Cygnus cargo vehicle
Repeat the Saffire-I material test at a higher flow velocity to isolate the effect of ventilation on large-scale flame growth.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Spacecraft Fire Safety Demonstration payload in a Cygnus cargo vehicle
Measure the size distribution of smoke produced by overheated spacecraft materials in microgravity and evaluate the ionization and photoelectric detector technologies used on the Shuttle and ISS.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) smoke-generation hardware
Repeat SAME with improved diagnostics, compare flight and ground smoke measurements, and evaluate the ISS and Shuttle smoke detectors against known particle size distributions.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) smoke-generation hardware
Verify that a modified P-Trak ultrafine particle counter, a key SAME component, works in microgravity and can characterize ISS airborne particulate before SAME flew.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Hand-held P-Trak particle counter operated inside the ISS cabin
Continue the DAFT particle-counting campaign on ISS to build a more representative particulate baseline for spacecraft smoke-detector design.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Hand-held P-Trak particle counter operated inside the ISS cabin
Quantify the suppressant effectiveness of inert gases in microgravity, find the most conservative limiting oxygen index for steady combustion, and validate droplet combustion and extinction models.
- O2
- 50%
- PRESSURE
- 14.7 psi
- HARDWARE
- Multi-user Droplet Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) in the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR)
Extend droplet combustion research to flowing environments, interacting droplets and practical multicomponent fuels, producing validated models of real-fuel combustion.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Multi-user Droplet Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) in the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR)
Investigate the cool diffusion flames first observed during ISS droplet experiments in 2012, characterizing low-temperature burning and its role in near-limit extinction.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Multi-user Droplet Combustion Apparatus (MDCA) in the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR)
Observe steady spherical cool diffusion flames for the first time by feeding a gaseous fuel and an oxygen-rich stream from a porous spherical burner into the ACME chamber.
- O2
- 85%
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Modular ACME hardware in the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR)
Improve efficiency and reduce pollutant emissions through fundamental microgravity research on laminar gaseous non-premixed flames, with spacecraft fire prevention as a secondary objective.
- O2
- Varies / n.s.
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Modular ACME hardware in the Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR)
Determine the laminar smoke point of non-buoyant jet diffusion flames, measure flame shape and stabilization height, and verify temperature-field predictions.
- O2
- 21%
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) with the SPICE flow duct
Characterize diffusion flame structure at the stabilizing region from attached to lifted conditions and identify liftoff limits as a function of fuel, burner diameter and flow.
- O2
- 21%
- PRESSURE
- Varies / n.s.
- HARDWARE
- Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) with the SPICE flow duct