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SciSpacE Microgravity Application Programme (MAP)

W.H. Sillekens

04/06/2018

Jason Hatton Head of Biology and Environmental Monitoring Office Wim Sillekens Materials Sciences Coordinator 04/06/2018

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Microgravity Application Programme

Overall Objective: •  Enable applied research which link SciSpacE research and industrial R&D History & Status to present •  Initially established in 1996, with continuation through subsequent programme periods •  Research projects encouraged to involve industry where there is an application potential to develop

MAP activity which must satisfy following criterion •  Linked to programme flight opportunity, application oriented objective

•  Team must consist of academic and industrial partners •  Industrial partners signs MAP partnership agreement (IPR rights) and MAP contract

•  ESA support to Academic partners matching industry co-funding (capped) •  Projects generally initiated and led by Academic partners

•  Support for defined period, but can be continued through multiple phases •  Incubation of new MAP project ideas through topical teams

•  Small travel budget for 2-3 face to face meetings to incubate project ideas


Microgravity Application Programme Evolution of MAP under E3P SciSpacE •  Ensure successful completion of ongoing MAP activities

•  Increase partnering with industry along with measures that make the programme more attractive to industry.

•  Support translation of applied research in MAP into end use products and services

Implementation of MAP in SciSpacE •  Core MAP component

•  Continuation of applied research objectives with academic and industrial teams, but encourage initiation of projects by industry as well as academia

•  Translational MAP component •  Partner with ESA Telecoms and Integrated Applications (TIA) directorate to facilitate

the development of commercially exploitable products and services from applied research topics where a strong potential has been identified.


MAP Core Component Continously Open Research Announcement (CORA) on ESA Human Spaceflight Reseach Portal Criteria for MAP project proposals

•  Proposal linked to overall overall E3P/SciSpacE programme themes and have a clearly demonstrated application potential.

•  Proposals subject to scientific peer and application relevance review

•  Open to international teams with an approximate mix of academic (Universities and Research Organisations) and Industrial partners (companies and other private entities)

•  Must make use of flight or ground research platforms in platforms in SciSpacE (either accepted project or proposed), access provided via E3P programme resources

•  Fixed duration up to a maximum 3 years, any new phase subject to full review and selection proceed

•  Non Academic partners demonstrated contribution either in-kind support and / or direct financial contribution

•  ESA support to academic partners, capped matched funding between 100k€ and 500k€


MAP Translational Component

•  Initial Call for Ideas (presented at this workshop) to assess and stimulate interest

•  Proposed mechanism uses a combination of existing HRE and TIA programme mechanisms; •  Phase 1: implementation of a feasibility study via TIA Business Applications to

identify the market potential of a product or service derived from applied research/ISS utilisation.

•  Phase 2: implementation of a short duration applied research project via MAP. This phase may in part be implemented in parallel to phase 1 to shorten the overall time from idea to market.

•  Phase 3: Implementation of a pre-operational demonstration of the commercial product and/or service via TIA Business Application.


Ongoing / Recently Completed MAP Projects

MAP projects (1/4) q  Biology

–  From Cells to Complex Organisms: The Impact of Microgravity on Bone and Cardiovascular System

q  Soft Matter and Fluid Physics –  Diffusion and Soret Coefficient Measurements for Improvement of Oil Recovery

(SCCO) –  Soft Matter Dynamics (FOAMS, PASTA, COMPGRAN)



MAP projects (2/4) q  Two-phase Heat Transfer

–  Self-rewetting Fluids for Thermal Energy Management in Space – Innovative Wickless Heat Pipes (SELENE–INWIP)

–  Enhanced Condensers for Microgravity (CONDENSATION)

–  Multi-scale Analysis in Boiling (BOILING) –  Convection and Interfacial Mass Exchange (EVAPORATION)



MAP projects (3/4) q  Advanced Materials Processing

–  In-situ X-Ray Monitoring of Advanced Metallurgical Processes under Microgravity and Terrestrial Conditions (XRMON)

–  Development of Advanced Foams under Microgravity (METFOAM)

–  Columnar-Equiaxed Transition in Solidification Processing (CETSOL) –  Microstructure Formation in Casting of Technical Alloys under Diffusive and

Magnetically Controlled Convective Conditions (MICAST) –  Non-equilibrium Solidification, Modelling for Microstructure Engineering of Industrial

Alloys (NEQUISOL) –  High-precision Thermophysical Property Data of Liquid Metals for Modelling of

Industrial Solidification Processes (THERMOPROP)



MAP projects (4/4) q  Advanced Materials Processing – continued

–  Chill Cooling for the Electromagnetic Levitator in Relation with Continuous Casting of Steel (CCEMLCC)

–  Study and Modelling of Nucleation and Phase Selection Phenomena in Undercooled Melts: Application to Magnetic Alloys of Industrial Relevance (MAGNEPHAS)

–  Gravity Dependence of CET in Peritectic Ti-Al Alloys (GRADECET) –  Metastable Solidification of Composites: Novel Peritectic Structures and In-situ

Composites (METCOMP) –  Liquid Phase Separation in Metallic Alloys (LIPHASE)


STATUS OF THE ACTIVITIES

MAP contracts implemented in ELIPS-4: geographical breakdown for the 149 scientific partners (left) and the 59 industrial partners (right)


STATUS OF THE ACTIVITIES

Industrial involvement in ELIPS-4

SOFT MATTER AND FLUID PHYSICS

TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER

ADVANCED MATERIALS PROCESSING


Example of ISS multi-user facility contributing to MAP

Electromagnetic Leviator (EML) •  Installed and commissioned on ISS in 2015 •  In operation with different batches of

sample materials serving different SciSpacE research •  Batch 1: finished, pending reprocessing 1.3

•  Batch 2: finished 2.1, in execution 2.2, in planning 2.3, possible reprocessing 2.4?

•  Batch 3: under preparation

Science Team: DE, FR, JP, RU, UK, US


EML Results: Benchmark Data for understanding materials processing and modelling Electromagnetic levitation: thermo-physical property data of liquid metals •  Surface tension (oscillating drop method, ~10 s µg)1)

1) Fecht H.-J., Wunderlich R.K.; “Fundamentals of liquid processing in low earth orbit: From thermophysical properties to microstructure formation in metallic alloys”; JOM 69/8 (2017): 1261–1268


EML Sample batches & Projects

Electromagnetic levitation: ISS Batch 1 sample overview

ID# SAMPLE COMPOSITION STATUS

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1 Al40Ni60 Selected l m m 3 Cu75Co25 Selected1) l m 4 Cu89Co11 Selected l m 6 Fe45Co55 Selected l m m m 7 Fe50Co50 Selected l m m m 9 FeCr21Ni19 (at.%) Selected1) m l m

10 Ni13.8Al6.6Cr7.6Co2.1Ta1.6W1.0Re1.0Mo0.05Hf (LEK94)

Selected1) l

11 Ni5Al8Cr5Co6Ta8W2Mo1.5Ti (MC2) Selected l 12 Ti-Al6-V4 Selected1) l 13 Zr70Cu13Ni9.9Al10.3Nb2.8 (wt.%) (VIT106A) Selected1) m l m 14 Ni96Ta4+Ta2O5 Selected l 15 Ni98Ta2+Ta2O5 Selected l 18 Zr Selected1) m l 21 Zr57-Nb5-Cu15.4-Ni12.6-Al10 (VIT106) Selected1) m m l 22 Nd18Fe73B9 Selected l m 23 Ni-Cr2-Co3-Mo0.4-Al5.7-Ti0.2 -Ta8-W5-Nb0.1-

Hf0.03-Re6 (wt%) (CMSX-10) Selected l

42 Al40Ni60 Selected l m m 43 Cu75Co25 Selected l m

1) Included in Batch 1.3 for follow-up cycles





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2 Al75Ni25 Selected l m 5 FeC0.05Si0.2 Selected l m

16 Ge Selected l m 17 Si50Ge50 Selected l m 20 FeC0.9Si0.2 Selected l m 24 Al65Ni35 Selected l m 25 Al89Cu11 Selected l m 27 Cu50Zr50 Selected l m m 28 Cu67Co33 Selected l m 29 Fe90B10 Selected l m m m 30 Si25Ge75 Selected l m 34 Zr52.5Cu17.9Ni4.6Al10Ti5 (LM105) Selected l m 36 Zr64Ni36 Selected l m 38 Zr-O(0.1) Selected m m m l m 39 Ti39.5Zr39.5Ni21 Selected l m m m m 40 Fe60Co40 Selected l m m 44 Ti48.48Al47.60Nb2.015Cr1.91 Selected l 45 Fe57.75Ni19.25Mo10C5B8 Selected l





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31 Si75Ge25 Selected l m m 41 Zr47Cu47Al6 Selected m m l m 47 FeC1.5Mn0.6Si0.6Cr12Mo1V1 Selected l m 48 FeC1.5Mn0.6Si0.6Cr12Mo1V1 Selected l 50 Ti45Zr45Ni10 Selected l m m m m 52 Co38.5Si61.5 Selected l m m m 53 Co60Si40 Back-up #3 l m m m 56 Al96Fe4 Selected l m m m 57 Si95Ge5 Selected l m m 66 Ti50Al50 Selected m l m m 67 Fe90Ni10 Selected l m m m 70 Zr80Pt20 Selected m l m 80 Fe20Cr20Ni20Co20Ta20 Back-up #1 l m 81 Pt57.5Cu14.7Ni5.3P22.5 Selected l m m 82 Pd43Cu27Ni10P20 Back-up #2 l m m 83 Fe25Cr25Ni25Co25 Selected l m 84 Fe72Cr17Ni11 Selected m m l m 86 Fe72Cr13Ni15 Selected m m l m 90 FeSi3 Selected l m 93 ZrSn1.3Fe0.2Cr0.1O0.13 Selected l m 94 ZrNb2.5O0.11Fe(x) Selected l m


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