Phase separated membrane bioreactor: results from model system studies.

The operation and evaluation of a bioreactor designed for high intensity oxygen transfer in a microgravity environment is described. The reactor itself consists of a zero headspace liquid phase separated from the air supply by a long length of silicone rubber tubing through which the oxygen diffuses in and the carbon dioxide diffuses out. Mass transfer studies show that the oxygen is film diffusion controlled both externally and internally to the tubing and not by diffusion across the tube walls. Methods of upgrading the design to eliminate these resistances are proposed. Cell growth was obtained in the fermenter using Saccharomyces cerevisiae showing that this concept is capable of sustaining cell growth in the terrestrial [correction of terrestial] simulation.     

弹性飞机平衡的阵风外载荷计算与分析

连续紊流是适航规范中阵风载荷分析必须考虑的一种阵风模型,但其引起的阵风载荷在飞机结构设计中的应用一直存在困难.在平稳随机过程的假设下,基于von Karman连续紊流功率谱模型和线性系统连续紊流响应的功率谱方法,使用载荷累加法获得外载荷形式的阵风载荷.在此基础上,通过引入载荷响应的相关性推导并建立了一种生成多组连续紊流平衡外载荷分布的方法.垂向连续紊流情况下的算例结果表明:连续紊流外载荷分布是全机平衡的.平衡的外载荷分布可通过机动飞行载荷分析中的载荷包线方法识别载荷设计情况,从而应用于飞机结构的强度分析与设计.     

Design and operation of an algal photobioreactor system.

A photobioreactor system has been designed, constructed, and implemented to achieve efficient oxygen production for a closed ecological life support system (CELSS). The special features of this system are the optical transmission system, uniform light distribution, continuous cycling of cells, gravity-independent gas exchange, and an ultrafiltration unit. The fiber optic based optical transmission system illuminates the reactor internally and includes a light source which is external to the reactor, preventing heat generation problems. Uniform light distribution is achieved throughout the reactor without interfering with the turbulent regime inside. The ultrafiltration unit exchanges spent with fresh media and its use results in very high cell densities, up to 10(9) cells/ml for Chlorella vulgaris. The prototype photobioreactor system was operated in a batch and continuous mode for over two months. The oxygen production rate measured at 4-6 mmoles per liter of the culture per hour under continuous operation, is consistent with the expected performance of the unit for the provided light intensity.     

A capillary-driven root module for plant growth in microgravity.

A new capillary-driven root module design for growing plants in microgravity was developed which requires minimal external control. Unlike existing systems, the water supply to the capillary-driven system is passive and relies on root uptake and media properties to develop driving gradients which operate a suction-induced flow control valve. A collapsible reservoir supplies water to the porous membrane which functions to maintain hydraulic continuity. Sheet and tubular membranes consisting of nylon, polyester and sintered porous stainless steel were tested. While finer pore sized membranes allow greater range of operation, they also reduce liquid flux thereby constraining system efficiency. Membrane selection should consider both the maximum anticipated liquid uptake rate and maximum operating matric head (suction) of the system. Matching growth media water retention characteristics to the porous membrane characteristics is essential for supplying adequate liquid flux and gas exchange. A minimum of 10% air-filled porosity (AFP) was necessary for adequate aeration. The capillary-driven module maintained hydraulic continuity and proper gas exchange rates for more than 80 days in a plant growth experiment.     

地外人工光合成装置研制与试验

原位资源利用技术是地外生命保障体系构建、实现人类地外生存的有效途径,是载人深空探索的核心技术。基于微通道技术的人工光合成反应器,采用流动反应器设计,用于低微重力等特殊环境条件下模拟人工光合作用,实现CO２向O２和含碳燃料的转化。微通道芯片通过气液剪切作用力使气体反应产物快速脱离电极表面并随反应介质排出反应器,理论上可以克服微重力条件对反应过程的影响,尚需进行微重力试验进行验证。同时,微通道结构可以通过精确控制反应气液的压力、流速、流量比等反应条件,获得优化的反应条件。通过地面试验,验证了该反应器将CO２还原为O２和含碳化合物的功能可行性。以Au和Ir/C作为阴极和阳极材料,3V电压条件下,O２产率可达11.74mL/h。此外,基于人工光合成反应器搭建了集反应模块、控制模块、流路驱动模块以及检测模块等于一体的地外人工光合成装置,形成原位反应、介质供给、精确控制、在线收集和检测等功能一体化的系统,并实现CO２有效转换和O２供给。为后续技术成熟度更高的反应装置研制、高产物选择性的含碳化合物转化以及人工光合成反应装置在轨试验奠定了理论和实践基础。     

核动力深空探测器现状及发展研究

深空探测中,由于无法使用太阳能或者太阳能的利用效率太低,需要使用空间核电源。当前用于月球表面、火星表面、木星及以远的飞行任务中的核动力深空探测器,均利用的同位素核源衰变能,包括同位素热源用于温度控制和采用温差发电用于供电。研究中的深空探测核动力应用包括月球基地、载人火星飞行、无人探测、使用核反应堆裂变能等。空间裂变电源的反应堆包括液态金属冷却堆和气冷堆两种方式,前者支持温差、斯特林和布雷顿发电,后者支持布雷顿和磁流体发电。近期开始探索研究核聚变深空探测器。纵观核动力深空探测器的发展历程,同位素电源依然在深空探测中发挥着重要作用,大功率空间核电源结合电推进将成为未来深空探测的重要关注方向。     

锂离子电池热失控气体燃烧对热失控传播影响的量化方法

为量化锂离子电池热失控过程产生热失控气体对热失控传播的影响,基于能量守恒方程和铜基电池量热法,提出了一种计算热失控气体燃烧对热失控传播贡献占比的方法。选取商用18650型电池,利用自主设计搭建的热失控气体释能测算实验平台获取计算所需参数。实验结果表明：第1节电池热失控气体燃烧释放的能量在第2节电池热失控所需能量中占比达到5.42%,使第2节电池自产热增加了42%,热失控时间提前了29%。研究结果有助于进一步探索热失控传播过程中的能量传递效率,为单元层级和系统层级的电池安全设计提供理论支持。     

大型航天器热管理系统集成分析

文章以虚拟的空间实验室为例 ,用数值模拟的方法 ,模拟了大型航天器热管理系统非稳态过程的温度等参数。热管理系统温度等参数的集成分析 ,为大型热管理系统设计提供了分析平台 ,为进一步的敏感性分析、优化设计、试验参数修正、参数置信度分析、鲁棒性设计奠定了分析基础 ,并作为能量系统的主要组成部分 ,为能量系统的能量平衡分析和电能 /热匹配分析提供有力支持。     

新颖机动变轨化学火箭发动机头部研究

为研究轻型、可靠、环保的空间站机动变轨发动机,在氢/氧液体火箭发动机头部设计中引入了新型气动谐振点火技术.结合发动机推力室设计以及同轴氢氧谐振点火器研究,确定了用富燃的谐振点火火炬与剩余主体氧气再燃烧的发动机头部整体方案.通过对几种主氧喷嘴下发动机头部结构方案研究,选定了主氧喷嘴结构形式.针对发动机要求快速起动、点火响应时间短的关键技术,提出了几种研究实现途径,包括谐振加热装置的结构形式优化、参数匹配优化、材料改进以及点火组元进入时序研究等,以提高气动谐振装置的加热速度及点火能量集聚效率,最终实现了发动机起动时间达到0.2?s以内.     

In-situ resource utilization technologies for Mars life support systems.

The atmosphere of Mars has many of the ingredients that can be used to support human exploration missions. It can be "mined" and processed to produce oxygen, buffer gas, and water, resulting in significant savings on mission costs. The use of local materials, called ISRU (for in-situ resource utilization), is clearly an essential strategy for a long-term human presence on Mars from the standpoints of self-sufficiency, safety, and cost. Currently a substantial effort is underway by NASA to develop technologies and designs of chemical plants to make propellants from the Martian atmosphere. Consumables for life support, such as oxygen and water, will probably benefit greatly from this ISRU technology development for propellant production. However, the buffer gas needed to dilute oxygen for breathing is not a product of a propellant production plant. The buffer gas needs on each human Mars mission will probably be in the order of metric tons, primarily due to losses during airlock activity. Buffer gas can be separated, compressed, and purified from the Mars atmosphere. This paper discusses the buffer gas needs for a human mission to Mars and consider architectures for the generation of buffer gas including an option that integrates it to the propellant production plant.     

C.E.B.A.S. MINI MODULE: test results of an artificial (man-made) aquatic ecosystem.

The original Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System (C.E.B.A.S.) is a long-term multi-generation research facility for experiments with aquatic animals and plants in a space station the development of which is surrounded by a large international scientific program. In addition, a miniaturized laboratory prototype, the C.E.B.A.S. MINI MODULE, with a total volume of about 10-12 liters for a Spacelab middeck locker was developed and a first version was tested successfully for two weeks with a population of fishes (Xiphophorus helleri) in the animal tank and a Ceratophyllum spec. in the illuminated higher plant growth chamber. The water recycling system consisted of a bacteria filter and a mechanical filter and the silastic tubing gas exchanger was separated by valves for the utilization in emergency cases only. Data were collected with the acquisition module of the original C.E.B.A.S. process control system. In addition, an optimized version was tested for 7 weeks with fishes and plants and thereafter with fish and with plants only for 2 and 1 weeks, resp.. The paper presents the relevant water parameters (e.g., pH, pressure, temperature, oxygen saturation, flow rate, ion concentrations) during the test period as well as morphological and physiological data of the enclosed animals and plants. On the basis of the given results the possible role of the C.E.B.A.S. system as a scientific tool in artificial ecosystem research and for the development of a combined animal-plant intensive aquaculture system and its utilization in bioregenerative life support is discussed.     

Effects of air current speed on gas exchange in plant leaves and plant canopies.

To obtain basic data on adequate air circulation to enhance plant growth in a closed plant culture system in a controlled ecological life support system (CELSS), an investigation was made of the effects of the air current speed ranging from 0.01 to 1.0 m s-1 on photosynthesis and transpiration in sweetpotato leaves and photosynthesis in tomato seedlings canopies. The gas exchange rates in leaves and canopies were determined by using a chamber method with an infrared gas analyzer. The net photosynthetic rate and the transpiration rate increased significantly as the air current speeds increased from 0.01 to 0.2 m s-1. The transpiration rate increased gradually at air current speeds ranging from 0.2 to 1.0 m s-1 while the net photosynthetic rate was almost constant at air current speeds ranging from 0.5 to 1.0 m s-1. The increase in the net photosynthetic and transpiration rates were strongly dependent on decreased boundary-layer resistances against gas diffusion. The net photosynthetic rate of the plant canopy was doubled by an increased air current speed from 0.1 to 1.0 m s-1 above the plant canopy. The results demonstrate the importance of air movement around plants for enhancing the gas exchange in the leaf, especially in plant canopies in the CELSS.     

失重条件下低温推进剂排放计算

针对CZ-3A系列运载火箭三子级低温贮箱内剩余推进剂排放问题,分别对排放过程中液氢和液氧低温推进剂沿2种不同排放管的流动进行了一维数值计算和分析.计算中认为在排放时沿管路压强降低,从而引起液体推进剂气化,并在管路的某个位置出现气固两相或者全部气化,在计算中,根据不同位置时推进剂的不同状态,分别采用液相、气液两相、气固两相及气相的物理数学模型和控制方程.计算得出了排放的出口参数及排放性能,认为液氢从通道1排放比较好,液氧从通道2排放比较好.为进一步进行排放研究提供了依据.      

燃气发生器身部多学科设计优化

为了探索液体火箭发动机多学科设计优化的一般方法,以液体火箭发动机燃气发生器身部为研究对象,在对其进行面向设计的多学科分析的基础上,建立了燃气发生器身部的多学科优化模型,涉及流动、传热、结构强度3个相互耦合的学科.引入了一种新的多目标方法——物理规划方法处理其中的多目标优化问题,通过类别函数将设计者的偏好转化为优化目标,避免了对各个不同大小和量纲的分目标之间重要性的比较和权衡.优化结果显示,利用多学科设计优化减轻了燃气发生器的质量,改善了原有设计,能够提高发动机的设计水平.      

测量液体推进剂剩余量的体积激励法

首先给出了以贮箱内气体为对象的一般热力学测量控制方程,完成气体及液体体积的计算; 以贮箱系统为研究对象,建立了系统处于等温、绝热及非等温条件下的热力学模型,考虑了气体与液体、贮箱壁的传热传质等因素,得出了比较理想的测量模型。其次,对影响测量的系统误差进行了分析,建立了各种影响因素的误差模型,并提出了相应的修正措施。然后,给出了在现有技术水平下测量的最大误差,结果表明测量误差在贮箱总体积的1%以内。最后,对激励频率、体积改变量大小及测量设备等相关应用技术问题进行了分析讨论与合理设计。体积激励法是一种可满足测量精度和耗能要求的良好方法。     

三床型机载制氧系统控制设计与实验验证

为解决两床型机载制氧系统在实际应用过程中出现的输出压力波动大及低空氧浓度偏高等问题,需研制与开发三床型机载制氧系统。为此,依据系统控制逻辑,采用电磁阀驱动电控气动阀循环工作的控制模式,开展了三床型机载制氧系统的控制设计,提出了高低空分段调节循环周期的控制方法,并在不同输入压力、流量条件下,对三床型机载制氧系统进行了循环周期实验,探索了产品气氧浓度随循环周期时间的变化规律。研究结果表明:当采用高空循环周期为6 s,低空循环周期为9 s,高低空分段高度为3.5 km等控制参数时,系统控制设计可适用于三床型机载制氧系统,并满足三床型机载制氧系统控制设计的需求。      

Study on dependence of hydrodynamic characteristics on gravity in a vertical upward channel bubbly flow

Since the bubbly flow has extensive applications in the space field, it is very necessary to comprehend the dependence of hydrodynamic characteristics on gravity. In this paper, the dependence of the microbubble distribution and the liquid turbulence modulation by the microbubbles on gravity was investigated in detail with the Euler–Lagrange method. The liquid Navier–Stokes equation was solved using direct numerical simulations (DNS), and the microbubble motion was tracked with Newtonian motion equation considering drag force, shear lift force, added mass force, pressure gradient force, and wall lift force. The coupling between the gas and the liquid phases regarded the interphase force as a momentum source term in the momentum equation of the liquid. The results showed that the phase profile and the turbulence modulation by the microbubbles strongly depend on the magnitude of gravity. When the influence of gravity is relatively weak, the microbubbles approximately uniformly disperse in the wide central region of the channel, and the average statistics of the liquid turbulence are almost not influenced due to the addition of the microbubbles. However, when the influence of gravity is comparatively important, the majority of the microbubbles accumulate near the wall of the channel, and the injection of the microbubbles modifies the profiles of the liquid average statistics.     

平面感应式脉冲等离子体推力器高速脉冲气体供给阀的试验验证

摘要： 本文针对国防科技大学的平面感应脉冲等离子体推力器（IPPT）原型机，设计了一种基于感应涡流斥力原理的快速脉冲气体供给阀.该阀采用截锥型铍青铜簧片作为执行构件，依靠簧片开启过程中弹性变形产生的弹力提供闭合所需回复力，避免了使用额外的回复力机构,使阀整体结构得到极大简化.性能测试结果表明，该阀的动作延迟时间小于35 μs.在阀腔气体压力为100 kPa时，最大单脉冲供气量为2.5 mg.响应特性和供气量特性均满足目前IPPT原型机的需求.此外，该阀可通过调节初始充电电压和阀腔气体压力实现供气量调节.该阀可以为后续推力器原型机多工况性能试验提供有力支持.     

进气道结构对固体冲压发动机补燃室燃烧及内壁流场的影响

为研究进气道结构对固体冲压发动机补燃室燃烧及内壁烧蚀的影响,采用标准k-ε湍流模型,单步涡耗散燃烧模型与KING硼粒子点火燃烧模型,开展了双下侧90°进气结构和双侧180°进气结构固体冲压发动机补燃室内燃气燃烧数值模拟,对比分析了补燃室燃气燃烧流场特征和内壁烧蚀环境特征。结果表明:双侧180°进气结构在补燃室中形成大漩涡,有利于燃气与空气的掺混燃烧,至补燃室出口位置,总燃烧效率超过90%,且该结构有效减少了粒子对内壁的冲刷侵蚀;在双下侧90°进气结构补燃室中,凝聚相粒子和燃气贴近补燃室一侧运动,导致氧气浓度和温度分布不均,不利于燃气的掺混燃烧,总燃烧效率为74%,在远离补燃室进气道一侧形成高温热烧蚀、高浓度粒子侵蚀、高速射流冲刷和热应力集中的综合破坏;双侧180°进气结构的固体冲压发动机补燃室总体性能优于双下侧90°进气结构的冲压发动机补燃室。      

原子氧对O型圈泄漏率的影响

使用原子氧效应地面模拟设备对硅橡胶材料O型圈进行了原子氧暴露实验;用测压法进行了O型圈在原子氧暴露前后的泄漏率比对实验,并对实验前后O型圈表面形貌特征作了扫描电镜分析.实验表明:原子氧对O型圈表面有很大的剥蚀效应;O型圈经过原子氧暴露后,质量减少、泄漏率明显增大;暴露时间越长,表面形貌受到的损坏越严重、质量减少量越多,泄漏率也就越大.