Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction
Short Name:The short name or acronym of the facility. SoFIE
Facility Description
The Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SoFIE) payload provides hardware that enables the study and characterization of the ignition and flammability of solid spacecraft materials (fuels) in practical geometries and realistic atmospheric conditions. SoFIE is an experiment insert for the existing Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR). The CIR chamber provides a level of containment and permits testing at variable oxygen concentrations and pressures representative of current and planned NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Exploration Atmospheres (SEA). A variety of fuels are to be burned, including flat sheets, cylinders, spheres, and thick slabs. While SoFIE initially meets the requirements of five investigations, is intended for use by any researchers who proposes related solid combustion studies in the future.
Availability:The general availability status of the facility. Please contact the facility manager
ISS Environment:The facility location (internal or external to the ISS.) Internal
Owner:The entity that owns the facility. NASA
Operator/Implementation Partner:The entity or ISS National Lab Implementation Partner that operates the facility.
ZIN Technologies
Developer(s):The entity, or entities, that developed the facility.
NASA Glenn Research Center
Facility Manager:The name of the facility manager and their organization.
Paul Ferkul, Ph.D.
NASA Glenn Research Center
Manager Email:The facility manager's email address.
paul.ferkul@nasa.gov
Parent Facility:Any facility that is necessary to operate the facility described on this webpage. i.e., a parent facility is one level higher in the operational hierarachy. CIR
Child Facility:Facilities that can be operated within the facility described on this webpage.
Sponsoring Space Agency:The government space agency that sponsors investigations that use the facility. NASA
Equipment Category:"The facility's ISS National Lab equipment designation type. Designations include:
1. ISS National Lab Commercial Service Provider (CSP) Facility
2. Support Hardware
3. Capability Capability
Additional Information:Additional resources to learn more about the facility.
SoFIE on NASA’s SSRE
SoFIE information from NASA’s Glenn Research Center
Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SoFIE)
