Demonstration of Metabolic Heat Regenerated Temperature Swing Adsorption Technology

Testing, Modeling and System Impact of Metabolic Heat Regenerated Temperature Swing Adsorption

“…For the most part, trends observed during testing were very similar to trends observed during previous testing (without insulation and using dry ventilation gas) [3]. The following is a summary with differences described in detail.…”

“…Other parts are listed for reference. A detailed description of the entire test bed and parts is provided elsewhere [3]. To minimize cost, the humidifier was designed in-house by Paragon and built by the University Of Arizona Department Of Chemistry Glass Shop.…”

“…DEMONSTRATOR DESCRIPTION -Details of the Demonstrator design and modeling are described elsewhere [3]. In general, the Demonstrator is a doublepipe heat exchanger.…”

“…the "Demonstrator") was designed, built and tested to demonstrate feasibility of the MTSA concept [3]. Liquid CO 2 stored at room temperature was used to cool Molsiv Adsorbents 13X 8x12 (also known as NaX zeolite) to 210 K via a heat exchanger.…”

“…Small feasibility experiments and modeling have been on-going to asses the design and performance of that assembly [2,3]. Of a larger picture, a Martian LCO 2 plant architecture was presented to communicate the process of acquiring and storing the LCO 2 resource on Mars [1].…”