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US 12,213,909 · App. 17/388,407 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Thermal management system with sublimator and adsorbent bed

Inventors: John W. Steele (New Hartford, CT); Peter A. Canga (League City, TX); Barbara M. Peyton (Windsor, CT); Tony Rector (East Granby, CT); Douglas Zupan (La Porte, TX)
Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
A61F7/0085B01D7/00B64G6/00C02F9/20F24F5/0035A61F2007/0056C02F1/001C02F1/283C02F1/50C02F2101/322C02F2101/34C02F2101/40C02F2103/023C02F2303/04
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Patent No.
US 12,213,909
App. No.
17/388,407
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes a filter device that has, in serial flow order, an adsorbent bed, a biocide filter, and a particle filter. The adsorbent bed includes adsorbent media that is configured to remove organic compounds from feed water that are capable of forming an adherent layer on a porous surface of a sublimator, and the biocide filter contains a halogen-release material.

Claims (13)

1. A system comprising:

a filter device including, in serial flow order, an adsorbent bed, a biocide filter, and a particle filter, wherein the adsorbent bed includes adsorbent media that is configured to remove organic compounds from feed water that are capable of forming an adherent layer on a porous surface of a sublimator, and the biocide filter contains a halogen-release material, the adsorbent bed including first and second adsorbent media, the first adsorbent media is synthetic activated carbon that has a specific surface area of 1400 m 2 /g±10% and an apparent density of 0.4 g/cm 3 ±10%, and the second adsorbent media is natural activated carbon that has a specific surface area of 1150 m 2 /g±10% and an apparent density of 0.49 g/cm 3 ±0.03, and the adsorbent bed including a housing defining an influent side and an effluent side, the first adsorbent media is located on the influent side, and the second adsorbent media is located on the effluent side.

2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the adsorbent bed, biocide filter, and particle filter are held in one or more support yokes.

3. The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a valve between the biocide filter and the adsorbent bed.

4. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the adsorbent media includes from 40% to 60% of synthetic activated carbon and from 60% to 40% of natural activated carbon.

5. The system as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a space structure including a heat source connected with a fluid loop for conveying a working fluid through the heat source to regulate temperature and the sublimator connected with the fluid loop to receive the working fluid, the sublimator having a porous surface;

a feed water container;

a water feed line connected with the feed water container and the porous surface of the sublimator;

a pump in the feed water line and operable to move the feed water from the feed water container to the porous surface of the sublimator, wherein the sublimator is operable to cool the working fluid by freezing and subliming the feed water using the porous surface; and

the filter device being located in the water feed line between the pump and the feed water container, the filter device operable to remove organic compounds from the feed water that are capable of forming an adherent layer on the porous surface.

6. The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the space structure is a spacesuit.

7. The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the organic compounds include one or more of abietic acid, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS), acrylic acid oligomers, hexadecanoic acid, or n-butyl benzene sulfonamide (NBBS).

Continuity (2)
Continuation 15979673 · May 15, 2018
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