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ISS Fluids and Combustion Facility – Combustion Integrated Rack Operations

ISS Fluids and Combustion Facility – Combustion Integrated Rack Operations

Glenn Research Center ISS Payload Operations Center

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  • FCF-CIR
    • Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME)
      • Burning Rate Emulator (BRE)
      • Coflow Laminar Diffusion Flame (CLD Flame)
      • Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames (E-FIELD Flames)
      • Flame Design
      • Structure and Response of Spherical Diffusion Flames (s-Flame)
    • Multi-user Droplet Combustion Apparatus (MDCA)
      • Cool Flames Investigation (CFI)
      • Flame Extinguishment Experiment (FLEX)
      • Flame Extinguishment Experiment-2 (FLEX-2)
      • Flame Extinguishment Experiment-2J (FLEX-2J)
      • FLEX Italian Combustion Experiment Green Air (FLEX-ICE-GA)
    • Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SoFIE)
    • CIR Ground Unit
    • FCFOPS
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FCF-CIR Overview

The Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR), located in the US Laboratory Module (Destiny), enables investigators to perform combustion research to understand the fundamentals of the combustion process, understand fire safety, and methods for suppression of fires in space. The CIR’s main feature is a 100-liter combustion chamber to provide the necessary safety features necessary for the various combustion investigations and is the only rack on ISS dedicated to combustion experimentation. Developed by NASA’s Glenn Research Center, the CIR was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in November 2008 by the Space Shuttle (STS-126).

FCF-CIR Payload Operations

  • FCF-CIR
    • Advanced Combustion via Microgravity Experiments (ACME)
      • Burning Rate Emulator (BRE)
      • Coflow Laminar Diffusion Flame (CLD Flame)
      • Electric-Field Effects on Laminar Diffusion Flames (E-FIELD Flames)
      • Flame Design
      • Structure and Response of Spherical Diffusion Flames (s-Flame)
    • Multi-user Droplet Combustion Apparatus (MDCA)
      • Cool Flames Investigation (CFI)
      • Flame Extinguishment Experiment (FLEX)
      • Flame Extinguishment Experiment-2 (FLEX-2)
      • Flame Extinguishment Experiment-2J (FLEX-2J)
      • FLEX Italian Combustion Experiment Green Air (FLEX-ICE-GA)
    • Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SoFIE)
    • CIR Ground Unit
    • FCFOPS
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