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Phase Separators

    The microgravity phase separator designed and fabricated at Texas A&M University is a device to separate different density fluids under weightless conditions. Texas A&M has flown in excess of 5000 low gravity parabolas with different size separators under varying inlet flow conditions. These flights have included scaling studies, stability and transient investigations, and tests for inventory instrumentation. The separator has been used for a number of applications including gas saturated propellant transfer, fuel-cell oxygen separation, and ALS water reclamation systems. This device has been utilized in multiple NASA test loops involving two-phase flow.