Appendix B
Planned ISS Combustion-Related Investigations Through 2006
Investigation and Principal Investigator |
Hardware Availability |
Flight Date |
Facility Required |
Target Application(s) |
Fiber Supported Droplet Combustion (FSDC-3) Forman Williams et al., University of California, San Diego |
May-03 |
May-03 |
MSG |
Diesel and jet engine efficiencies |
Smoke Point in Coflow Experiment (SPICE) Gerard Faeth Michigan State University |
Sep-03 |
Oct-03 |
MSG |
Pollution reduction |
Candle Flames in Microgravity (CFM-2)a Daniel Dietrich NASA, Glenn Research Center |
Feb-04 |
Feb-04 |
MSG |
Fundamental study of microgravity flammability Educational value |
Smoke David Urban NASA, Glenn Research Center |
Sep-04 |
Oct-04 |
MSG |
Spacecraft fire safety |
Droplet Combustion Experiment (DCE-2) Forman Williams University of California, San Diego |
Jan-03 |
Jul-04 |
CIR |
Diesel and jet engine efficiencies Spacecraft fire safety Data key to validating combustion analytical codes |
Bi-Component Droplet Combustion Experiment (BCDCE) Benjamin Shaw University of California, Davis |
Jan-03 |
Jul-04 |
CIR |
Diesel and jet engine efficiencies Practical fuels are multicomponent in nature Liquid motion strongly affects combustion and vaporization behavior. |
Sooting and Radiation Effects in Droplet Combustion Experiment (SEDC) Mun Choi Drexel University |
Oct-04 |
Jan-05 |
CIR |
Diesel and jet engine efficiencies Pollution reduction Measurements benchmark evolving droplet combustion and soot models |
Dynamics of Droplet Combustion and Extinction Experiment (DDCE) Vedha Nayagam National Center for Microgravity Research |
Mar-05 |
Apr-05 |
CIR |
Diesel and jet engine efficiencies Spacecraft fire safety Enhancement of spacecraft fire safety by establishing a detailed mapping of flammability limits of liquid fuels. |
Flammability Diagrams of Combustible Materials in Microgravity (FIST) A.C. Fernandez-Pello University of California, Berkeley |
Apr-06 |
Apr-06 |
CIR |
Spacecraft fire safety Improve material screening Important implications for safety of future space missions |
Smolder, Transition, and Flaming (STAF) A.C. Fernandez-Pello University of California, Berkeley |
Apr-06 |
Apr-06 |
CIR |
Spacecraft fire safety. Terrestrial (building) fire safety Long-duration smoldering and transition to flames |
NOTE: The last two investigations may slip into 2007 owing to funding limitations. CIR, Combustion Integrated Rack; MSG, Microgravity Science Glovebox. aThe candle flame is an ideal example of a non-propagating, steady-state diffusion flame. |