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Factors Affecting the Utilization of the International Space Station for Research in the Biological and Physical Sciences
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.
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fire safety