title: [The development of a static water/gas separator].
abstract: Objective. To develop a device for separating water from gas in small flow rate under zero "G". Method. Beginning with the study of surface characteristic of materials, a capillary material was developed according to the requirement and the water/gas separator using this single separating material was designed. Result. The water/gas separator worked well in the range of gas flow below 10.0 L/min and water flow below 10.0 ml/min. No gas was found in the separated water and no water was found in the separated gas. Conclusion. The structure of the separator was reasonable and the water/gas separating method using a single separating material was feasible.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Space Medico-Engineering, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000389:Air Conditioning; D002197:Capillary Action; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014893:Weightlessness
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D014867:Water; D002245:Carbon Dioxide