8. HVAC in Space: Creating Extraterrestrial Indoor Environments
ASHRAE Journal Podcast
English - January 24, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MB - ★★★★ - 13 ratingsTech News News Technology hvac building systems air conditioning ventilation building science engineering refrigeration science technology technology news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What would ventilation look like in space?
As private companies race to space (22:00 and 25:15), researchers and engineers are working to create built environments in the final frontier (3:12).
To kick off ASHRAE Journal Podcast’s second season, John Constantinide, P.E., Member ASHRAE, and Hamidreza Najafi, Ph.D., Member ASHRAE, discuss how HVAC&R technologies used on Earth can be applied to extraterrestrial indoor environments (3:35) as well as opportunities ASHRAE has to help shape the built environment in space (3:50, 21:30 and 27:25).
The pair also talk about how the International Space Station is an example of a living environment in outer space (4:30) and how the station showcases the importance of HVAC&R technologies and indoor air quality (5:45). Then, they discuss the importance of designing HVAC&R systems that help people exist and survive in the harsh environments of space (5:20), among other topics such as design considerations, non-HVAC elements that affect the built environment and sustainability in space.
Almost two years ago, Constantinide and Najafi co-authored an ASHRAE Journal article about (2:56) environmental controls in space.
Download that article at ashrae.org/podcast/space.