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Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment - Reflight (SAME-R)

Detection
Spacecraft cabinSpace stationLunar base
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Experimental setup

FUEL

Phase
No fuel
Material
Teflon, Kapton, cotton, silicone rubber, and Pyrell
Shape
Pyrolysis samples on a heated porous wick
Size
Five material types with repeatable surface temperatures

CONDITIONS

O2 concentration
Varied / not specified
Pressure
Varied / not specified
Airflow
Varied / not specified

Single values are documented test conditions, not flammability limits. Ranges appear under variables tested.

OBJECTIVES

Repeat SAME with improved diagnostics, compare flight and ground smoke measurements, and evaluate the ISS and Shuttle smoke detectors against known particle size distributions.

Sensors & measurements
  • Aerosol instruments measuring particle number, diameter and mass moments
  • Thermal precipitator with transmission electron microscopy
  • Commercial smoke detector
  • ISS and Space Shuttle smoke detectors
Variables tested
  • Smoke material type
  • Aged versus un-aged smoke
  • Particle size distribution moments
  • Flight detector response
Key findings
  1. 01Flight and ground measurements were compared for Teflon, Kapton, cotton, silicone rubber and Pyrell smoke.
  2. 02Moment measurements gave particle number, diameter and mass concentrations; geometric statistics followed under a lognormal assumption.
  3. 03Transmission electron microscopy and ground SMPS data validated the particle statistics.
  4. 04The reflight strengthened the low-gravity smoke baseline used to design more reliable spacecraft detectors.