| 释义 |
- Description
- Additional Cold Stowage
- See also
- References
Microgravity Experiment Research Locker/Incubator (MERLIN) was designed by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering (CBSE) to operate as a hardmounted, single middeck locker equivalent within the ISS EXPRESS rack, the Space Shuttle, SpaceX Dragon, and Cygnus (spacecraft) . It is used to provide a temperature controlled environment for scientific experiments between -20 °C and 48.5 °C. MERLIN is also used to Support Crew Galley Operations.[1]Description- MERLIN is cooled using Thermoelectric elements, and can be cooled to -20 °C while using ISS water supply or -10 °C while only being air cooled. Resistive heating elements are used to provide an incubation capacity up to 48.5 °C.
- MERLIN contains temperature sensor connections inside the payload volume, for monitoring sample temperature, for up to 12 sensors.
- The internal sample volume is ~0.65 ft3.
Additional Cold StowageMERLIN is one of multiple units available for storage on the ISS and/or transportation to and from the ISS. - Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI)
- GLACIER (General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator)
- Polar (Research Refrigerator for ISS)
See also- Scientific research on the ISS
- International Space Station
- SpaceX Dragon
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Fact Sheet (Microgravity Experiment Research Locker Incubator (MERLIN))|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/MERLIN.html#overview|website=NASA|accessdate=14 January 2015|ref=1}}
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