DEVELOPMENT OF A MEMS PRECONCENTRATOR (PC) - GAS CHROMATOGRAPH (GC) FOR THE SPACECRAFT ATMOSPHERE MONITOR FOR ISS AND ORION | Zendy

Byungchan Bae | Zendy; Wade G. Rellergert | Zendy; J. Simčič | Zendy; J. Gill | Zendy; M. L. Homer | Zendy; E. Neidholdt | Zendy; D. Nikolić | Zendy; Richard Kidd | Zendy; S. Madzunkov | Zendy; M. Darrach | Zendy

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DEVELOPMENT OF A MEMS PRECONCENTRATOR (PC) - GAS CHROMATOGRAPH (GC) FOR THE SPACECRAFT ATMOSPHERE MONITOR FOR ISS AND ORION

Author(s) -

Byungchan Bae,

Wade G. Rellergert,

J. Simčič,

J. Gill,

M. L. Homer,

E. Neidholdt,

D. Nikolić,

Richard Kidd,

S. Madzunkov,

M. Darrach

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

1998 solid-state, actuators, and microsystems workshop technical digest

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.31438/trf.hh2016.97

Subject(s) - spacecraft , atmosphere (unit) , gas chromatography ion detector , microelectromechanical systems , gas chromatography , international space station , trace gas , aerospace engineering , environmental science , physics , astrobiology , chromatography , chemistry , engineering , meteorology , optoelectronics

In this paper, we report a MEMS preconcentrator (PC) gas chromatograph (GC) that is a crucial part of the Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor (S.A.M.). The S.A.M. is a highly miniature gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC-MS) for monitoring the atmosphere of crewed spacecraft for both trace organic compounds and the major constituents of the cabin air. The S.A.M. instrument is the next generation of GC-MS, based on JPL’s Vehicle Cabin Air Monitor (VCAM), which was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2010 and successfully operated for two years [1, 2]. The S.A.M. employs a unique MEMS PC-GC technology that replaces the macro PC-GC unit in the VCAM. We report herein the current progress of the MEMS PC-GC for the S.A.M. instrument.

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