Breathing Oxygen:Purity of Oxygen Generated by a Fluomine-Based System.

摘要

Oxygen from a fluomine-based open-loop oxygen-generating system (OLOGS) was analyzed for purity. Major contaminants observed in the product oxygen were H2O, CO2, and CO. The accumulated CO (20-50 ppm) is not considered harmful, nor is CO2 (150-300 ppm) harmful. H2O accumulation was strongly affected by its concentration in supply air and varied between 100 ppm and 5%; oxygen life-support hardware requires its removal. Normal operation of a fluomine-based OLOGS should produce oxygen remarkably free of contamination due to chemical off-gassing. (Author)