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HMM<br />

Assessment Study<br />

Report: CDF-20(A)<br />

February 2004<br />

page 88 of 422<br />

In the case of zero level of closure all the consumables have to be brought from the beginning.<br />

The study considered only dry food.<br />

In terms of power requirements, only a small increase is observed in the system when a high<br />

level of recycling is used, although the power requirements for storage in this case are smaller.<br />

Dry food is considered somewhat inert and requires less power for storage than fresh food. Insitu<br />

food either needs to be processed or needs higher storage power (refrigerator, freezer).<br />

Therefore, the reduction is only 400W in this analysis as no extensive processing and fresh food<br />

storage were assumed.<br />

Open-loop life support systems for such a long duration mission with no resupply capabilities<br />

represents a prohibitive mass and volume for the system. The overall mass required is four times<br />

bigger. In terms of power requirements there is no great difference between the closed and the<br />

open loop systems. This mission therefore requires a high level of closure life support system..<br />

2.7.15.3 Influence of the mass of the ERC<br />

Mass to LEO (Tonnes)<br />

1550<br />

1500<br />

1450<br />

1400<br />

1350<br />

ERC influence<br />

1300<br />

8 10 12 14 16 18 20<br />

ERC mass (Tonnes)<br />

Figure 2-44: Influence of the ERC mass<br />

The ERC mass has also a large influence on the initial mass for the same reason as the THM,<br />

although the mass of the ERC itself is lower and such is its effect compared with the one of the<br />

THM.<br />

The sudden increases shown in Figure 2-44 are due to the approach followed for the TMI<br />

propulsion module, which is composed of 12, 13 and 14 stacks respectively.

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