SPECIFICATION: HUMAN LIFE SUPPORT
(contents)
FIRST LEVEL - INSIDE SUIT
1. Input
1.1. Air (*)
1.1.1. composition (20% oxygen and 80% nitrogen)
1.1.2. temperature (18 C)
1.1.3. pressure (15 lb/in2)
1.2. Water (*)
1.2.1. temperature (22 C)
1.2.2. cleanness (for food/drinks or cleaning)
1.3. Food
1.3.1. Albumen (Protein)
1.3.2. Oils
1.3.3. Carbohydrate
1.4. Information
1.4.1. Video (Displays)
1.4.2. Audio (Speakers)
1.4.3. pseudo-Smell
1.4.4. pseudo-Taste
1.4.5. pseudo-Touch
2. Output
2.1. Air, Stink
2.2. Urine, Sweat, Tears, Saliva (Spittle)
2.4. Snot, Sperm/Menses
2.3. Excrement, Vomit
2.5. Information
2.5.1. temperature
2.5.2. kardiopressure
2.5.3. breathfrequency
2.5.4. voice (microphone)
SECOND LEVEL - OUTSIDE SUIT
1. Input
1.1. Gas (Smelling)
1.1.1. temperature
1.1.2. composition
1.1.3. pressure
1.2. Liquid (Tasting)
1.2.1. temperature
1.2.1. composition
1.2.3. pressure
1.3. Solid (Touching)
1.3.1. temperature
1.3.2. roughness
1.3.3. mass (inertness)
1.4. Information
1.4.1. Video (Camera)
1.4.2. Audio (Microphone)
1.4.3. Other (Tuner)
2. Output
2.1. Transmitter (Radiator)
3. Protection
THIRD LEVEL - INSIDE CHAMBER
1. Input
1.1. Air (*)
1.1.1. composition (20% oxygen and 80% nitrogen)
1.1.2. temperature (18 C)
1.1.3. pressure ( 15 lb/in2)
1.2. Water (*)
1.2.1. temperature (10 C and 90 C)
1.2.2. cleanness (for drinking or washing)
1.3. Food
1.3.1. Albumen (Protein)
1.3.2. Oils
1.3.3. Carbohydrate
1.4. Information
1.4.1. Video (Display)
1.4.2. Audio (Speaker)
1.4.3. Other (Radiator)
2. Output
2.1. Gases
2.2. Liquids
2.3. Solids
2.4. Information
2.4.1. temperature
2.4.2. pressure
2.4.3. vibrations (sensor)
2.4.4. audio (microphone)
2.4.5. video (camera)
2.4.6. other (tuner)
3. Coltrol
3.1 Computer
3.2 Interface
4. Energy
5. Store
5.1. Hidrogen for air/liquid recycling device (*)
5.2. Condensed Air
5.3. Water
5.4. Food
5.5. Energy
6. Other (Medicine, Plants, Furniture and other equipment)
FOURTH LEVEL - OUTSIDE CHAMBER
1. Input
1.1. Gas
1.1.1. temperature
1.1.2. composition
1.1.3. pressure
1.2. Liquid
1.2.1. temperature
1.2.1. composition
1.2.3. pressure
1.3. Solid
1.3.1. temperature
1.3.2. roughness
1.3.3. mass (inertness)
1.4. Information
1.4.1. Video (Camera)
1.4.2. Audio (Microphone)
1.4.3. Other (Tuner)
2. Output
2.1. Transmitter (Radiator)
3. Protection
4. Lock chamber
5. Robot
(*):
To recycle the oxygen in the suit/chamber, carbon dioxide that
is exhaled by man is removed from the suit/chamber air and
concentrated. Hydrogen will be combined with the carbon dioxide
to produce mainly water and methane gas. Methane and trace gases
are vented and discarded. Water is split into hydrogen and
oxygen by electrolysis. The resulting oxygen is then fed back
into the chamber while the hydrogen is recycled to the carbon
dioxide reduction system.
All wastewater - shower water and other personal hygiene water
including urine - is recycled and reused. Urine is processed
differently than other wastewater by distillation. Other
wastewater is run through an multi-filtration system and then
through final purification steps. The water resulting from both
recycled urine and wastewater is combined for reuse and
constantly tested to ensure it meets standards far more
stringent than are in place for most municipal tap water.
The Urine Regeneration System was developed at Energia to filter
water out of the urine from the crew. That water, in turn, is
fed into the oxygen producing system, which separates oxygen
from hydrogen, pumping the oxygen back into the chamber while
venting the hydrogen out.
Each man produces an average of 1.2 liters of urine daily, from
which 1 liter of water can be extracted. Elektron oxygen
producing system can turn that liter of water into 0.86
kilograms of oxygen, which is the exact amount a cosmonaut
consumes in a 24-hour period. Thus, with three men currently on
board, it needs to be fed an average of 3 liters of water a day
to generate sufficient oxygen for the crew.
A man consumes 2.7 liters of water a day, 25 percent of which
can be obtained from food. Because chamber's recycling systems
turn condensation and perspiration into 1.5 liters of water
daily, the ship is left with a 0.6-liter water deficit per
man per day, which it takes from its water reserves.
VALERYAN STUDIO, January 02, 2001