Fluids Integrated Rack (FIR)
Managed By: NASA
Implementation Partner: NASA/Glenn Research Center
Hardware Details
Specifications
- Housed in the Fluid and Combustion Facility (FCF)
- Mounted in an International Standard Payload Rack (ISPR), with an Active Rack Isolation System (ARIS)
- Light Microscopy Module (LMM) is housed inside the FIR
Accommodates the following areas of research
- Boiling heat transfer
- Multiphase flow
- Liquid vapor interface control
- Liquid and vapor evaporation and condensation
- Colloids
- Human Health and performance
- Medical technology
- Biosciences
Volume ~ 0.7 m3 (1100mm x 895mm x 495mm on the front of the OB)
Mass ~ 300kg depending on FIR be utilized
Electrical Power Control Unit (EPCU)
- Nominal 672 W/1600W max at 28Vdc
- 1450 W at 120Vdc
Thermal Cooling
- 3 kW water (MTL)
- 1300 W air (provided at 20oC to 30oC)
Video
- Common Image Processing Unit (C-IPSU) – IEEE 1394 FireWire &
- Analog Frame Grabber Interfaces for PI provided cameras
- C-IPSU – Image processing & storage units for real time and post processing of image data
- Illumination – White Light & 150mW 532nm Nd:YAG LASER*
- Analog Color Camera*
Control & Data Acquisition
- Fluid Science Avionics Package (FSAP) – Standard control and data acquisition interfaces (e.g. analog & digital Inputs/Outputs, motion control, RS-422)
- 540 GB of Data Storage