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- From: ghg@en.ecn.purdue.edu (George Goble)
- Subject: Re: opening of the first self-sufficient solar house, Press Release
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.215117.11956@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1992Nov16.171017.28081@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Nov17.211228.1295@adobe.com> <2518@ispi.COM>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 21:51:17 GMT
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- In article <2518@ispi.COM> jbayer@ispi.COM (Jonathan Bayer) writes:
- >pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Nov16.171017.28081@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >>>Remember Apollo 13, the failure modes for these things includes
- >>>BOOM! Also don't forget the electrolyzer, tankage, and pumps.
- >
- >>I thought the Apollo 13 failure was due to overheating a dewar,
- >>something not proposed for this house project.
- >
- >
- >The Appollo 13 failure was due to an oxygen tank being dropped during
- >assembly into the service module. The drop was about three inches, and
- >the tank was throughly test after it was dropped. However, a small tube
- >apparently had been dislodged, and it wasn't detected during the
- >testing. It was only functional in weightlessness. The tube was some
- >sort of relief tube. When they turned on the internal mixers in flight
- >(the mixers kept the O2 from clumping in one area) there was an
- >explosion. These facts were determined after the flight and after
- >extensive and exhaustive analysis and testing. When they released the
- >service module they were able to see where the explosion had occurred.
- >
- >JB
- >--
- >Jonathan Bayer Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
- >(908) 248-1853 37 Winthrop Rd.
- >jbayer@ispi.COM Edison, NJ 08817
-
- Wasn't it somthing to do with a Teflon heater in the tank not shutting
- off, and eventually, the Teflon ignited inside the tank, rapidly
- building pressure leading to the explosion? Dropping the tank may
- have contributed to the heater problem?
- --ghg
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