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Survey on a Research for Fire Safety in Space with the Understanding of Combustion Characteristics in Microgravity based on NASA's Space Research Program  

Sohn, Chae-Hoon (세종대학교 기계항공우주공학부)
Son, Young-Jin (현대자동차 환경기술연구소 연료전지개발팀)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.11, no.3, 2007 , pp. 65-72 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fire is one of important checkpoints in crewed exploration systems, where men inhabit in space. In space, astronaut can't escape from fire out of a spacecraft and not expect any help of fire fighters, either. Accordingly, the best way to stand against fire is to prevent it. But, when fire occurs in space, flame behaviors are quite different from those observed on earth because of micro- or zero-gravity in space. The present paper introduces major research results on flame behaviors under microgravity and fire prevention, detection, and suppression in crewed exploration spacecrafts and international space station based on NASA's FPDS research program.
Keywords
Crewed Exploration Spacecraft; International Space Station; Fire; Microgravity; Fire Suppression;
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