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Chapter: Appendix A: Summary of Space Station Furnace Facility Core Systems Science Requirements

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Summary of Space Station Furnace Facility Core Systems Science Requirements." National Research Council. 1997. Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5971.
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Appendices

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Summary of Space Station Furnace Facility Core Systems Science Requirements." National Research Council. 1997. Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5971.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Summary of Space Station Furnace Facility Core Systems Science Requirements." National Research Council. 1997. Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5971.
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Appendix A Summary of Space Station Furnace Facility Core Systems Science Requirements

Minimum volume

3 racks

Total facility peak power

12 kW

Heat rejection

as required to dissipate energy used

Video

National Television Standards Committee standards; upgradable

Magnetic field generation

3.0 kW power available

Field stability

&x156; 1.0% of desired field

Inert gas requirements per increment mission

 

SSFF provided inert gas

8.16 kg 99.9995% pure argon

ISS provided nitrogen

11.34 kg 99.995% pure

Control

 

Range

10–200 kPa

Minimum flow rate

4 kg argon/hr

Measurement

 

Range

5–250 kPa

Resolution

0.1 kPa

Vacuum (access provided to ISS system)

 

Range

1×10-6-5 kPa

Absolute accuracy

10.0% of measured value

Heating rate

60 to 300°C/hr

Cooling requirements

active or passive

Heater element control

 

Control set-point stability

±0.1°C

Absolute control set-point accuracy

±1.0°C

Number of controlled heaters

45 total: 15 in IR1, 30 in IR2

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Summary of Space Station Furnace Facility Core Systems Science Requirements." National Research Council. 1997. Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5971.
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Temperature measurement

 

Range

20.0–2,300.0°C

Resolution

0.1°C

Absolute accuracy

±0.9°C

Data rate

10 scans/s

Translation capability

 

Rate range

0.005 to 500.0 cm/hr

Control range

60.0 cm

Rate stability

< 5.0 of set-point at lowest rate to < 2.0% of set-point at highest rate

Rate stability rate

< 1.0 mm/s2

Translation rate measurement

 

Absolute accuracy

±2.5% of set-point at fastest rate,

 

±10.0% of set-point at slowest rate

Resolution

2.0% of set-point

Sampling rate

up to 1 scan/s

Sample position measurement

 

Absolute accuracy

±1.1% of provided signal

Resolution

0.1 mm

Current pulsing

 

Pulse amplitude

5.0 to 60.0A; selectable

Accuracy

±0.5% of setting at 5 A

 

±0.25% of setting at 60 A

Resolution

1.0 A

Pulse width

10–4,000 ms

Accuracy

±5.0% of setting

Resolution

1.0 ms

Pulse shape

variable

Transition time

&x156;5.0% of pulse width

Minimum time between pulses

250 ms

Pulse power

 

Peak

1,600 W

Time averaged

640 W (40% duty cycle)

Pulse voltage

up to 60 V at core/module interface

Pulse polarity

reversible

Voltage and current input measurements

 

Accuracy

±0.1 V and ±0.1 A

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Summary of Space Station Furnace Facility Core Systems Science Requirements." National Research Council. 1997. Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5971.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Summary of Space Station Furnace Facility Core Systems Science Requirements." National Research Council. 1997. Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5971.
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