Final report on a research facility for critical point phenomena in microgravity

Final report on a research facility for critical point phenomena in microgravity

Huijser, R.H.

National Aerospace Laboratory NLR

1985-04-11

A conceptual design for a research facility for critical point phenomena in Spacelab's microgravity environment is presented. In the critical point facility (CPF) four experiments can be performed in parallel. The CPF consists of five parts: four experiment units and a service module. The experiment units offer the user-provided (instrumented) experiment cells a periphery consisting of a high precision thermostat and experiment-dedicated electronics/diagnostics. The service module provides an ambient, optical subsystems, and electrical subsystem with microprocessor(s), power supplies and the mechanical structure shared by the four units. Moreover, it establishes the various interfaces towards the Spacelab system.

space processing
spacelab payloads
space station
equipment specifications
physics and chemistry experiment in space
fluid dynamics
critical point
research facilities
optical equipment
microgravity applications
user requirements
interfaces

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