Jan 24 2022 50 mins 20
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.
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