NASA NTRS · 20240001838
Zotek® F30 Foam Processing in the Trash Compaction and Processing System
Abstract
The Trash Compaction and Processing System (TCPS) aims to reduce volume, biologically safen, physically stabilize, manage effluents, and recover resources from astronaut trash in the International Space Station (ISS). The Heat Melt Compactor (HMC) at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) serves as a test system that supports TCPS development by conducting risk reduction activities associated with an ISS flight demonstration. One of the risk reduction activities is to test processing for other types of trash models. A foam model was added to reduce the volume of foam that takes up space in the ISS. This paper will discuss Zotek® F30 foam processing in the HMC unit and testing verification in correlation to defined TCPS requirements.
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Janine Young, Serena Trieu, Gregory S Pace, Kevin R Martin, Tra-My J Richardson, Steven A Sepka. Zotek® F30 Foam Processing in the Trash Compaction and Processing System. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240001838
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