New materials for life support scrubbers

[Spinward Flow]

I'm thinking that the "library" of Metal Oxide Frameworks (MOFs) will eventually get developed into engineering that makes a difference to how life support technologies operate. Research in this area is only in its infancy, but I can easily imagine materials of this sort being used as "molecular sponges" for unwanted life support byproducts (CO₂ being merely one of them) which would require periodic "purges" using starport berthing services to ... reinitialize ... for repeated use. So basically another type of chemical scrubber, but one which can be "tuned" to capture and release specific molecules into and from the sealed environment in spacecraft/starships.

 

[Condottiere]

That had been recommended to me somewhat earlier.


I drew two conclusions:

1. Life support has to remove toxic elements from the atmosphere.

2. It has to liberate the oxygen from the carbon.

The carbon could be sequestered, and used as three dimensional printing material.

 

[Vargr Breath]

So, with these can a Scout Type S go longer than 3 to 6 weeks before the smell gets too bad?

 

[bookwyrm]

So, with these can a Scout Type S go longer than 3 to 6 weeks before the smell gets too bad?

I think 99- dtons with jump will be canon before that happens.

 

[Vargr Breath]

I think 99- dtons with jump will be canon before that happens.

Not a good time to bring up Jump Message Torpedoes?

 

[bookwyrm]

Not a good time to bring up Jump Message Torpedoes?

I remember some of the threads & posts on this subject. Although they don't need any life support, the ships carrying them do.

I've always wondered, were Jump Message Torpedoes 100 dton torpedoes? (I know, they were under 100 dtons)

Because of them, I decided that it opened the door for 99- dton ships with jump capability, but with handicaps(?). They wouldn't be commercially viable, except for smuggling, maybe.

 

[spank]

Not a good time to bring up Jump Message Torpedoes?

I once considered varying Minimum Hull size by TL.

 

[spank]

Functionally they aren't that different from Zeolite, I'm not sure how they compare performance wise.

I'm thinking that the "library" of Metal Oxide Frameworks (MOFs) will eventually get developed into engineering that makes a difference to how life support technologies operate. Research in this area is only in its infancy, but I can easily imagine materials of this sort being used as "molecular sponges" for unwanted life support byproducts (CO₂ being merely one of them) which would require periodic "purges" using starport berthing services to ... reinitialize ... for repeated use. So basically another type of chemical scrubber, but one which can be "tuned" to capture and release specific molecules into and from the sealed environment in spacecraft/starships.

 

[Vargr Breath]

I remember some of the threads & posts on this subject. Although they don't need any life support, the ships carrying them do.

I've always wondered, were Jump Message Torpedoes 100 dton torpedoes? (I know, they were under 100 dtons)

Because of them, I decided that it opened the door for 99- dton ships with jump capability, but with handicaps(?). They wouldn't be commercially viable, except for smuggling, maybe.

They could be a sub-type of the x-boat. And so large that only really large starships could afford carry one. That and BB/BC might need one or two.