SPE propulsion electrolyzer for NASA's integrated propulsion test article
Abstract
Hamilton Standard has delivered a 3000 PSI SPE Propulsion Electrolyzer Stack and Special Test Fixture to the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) Integrated Propulsion Test Article (IPTA) program in June 1990, per contract NAS9-18030. This prototype unit demonstrates the feasibility of SPE-high pressure water electrolysis for future space applications such as Space Station propulsion and Lunar/Mars energy storage. The SPE-Propulsion Electrolyzer has met or exceeded all IPTA program goals. It continues to function as the primary hydrogen and oxygen source for the IPTA test bed at the NASA/JSC Propulsion and Power Division Thermochemical Test Branch.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- August 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991STIN...9316541.
- Keywords:
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- Electrolysis;
- Electrolytic Cells;
- Gaseous Rocket Propellants;
- Hydrogen Oxygen Engines;
- Hydrogen Production;
- Solid Electrolytes;
- Space Station Propulsion;
- Spacecraft Propulsion;
- Water Splitting;
- Hydrogen;
- Oxygen;
- Propellant Storage;
- Prototypes;
- Spacecraft Propulsion and Power