Small Cube

Design

4 independent compartments accessible via a common airlock Long-term experiments with a duration up to 6 months Laboratories for the preparation and analysis of organic specimens

Internal dimensions 2.8 m × 3 m × 2.8 m (L × W × H)
Parameters Control Independent for each compartment
Combination of the Parameters All environmental parameters can be simultaneously combined to simulate complex scenarios.

Environment Control for Each Compartment

Maximum simulated altitude 4,000 m ±10 m (~ 13,000 ft)
Maximum Rate of Climb  (ROC) 6 m/s (~ 1,180 ft/min)
Minimum Rate of Climb (ROC) 0.1 m/s (~ 20 ft/min)
Temperature Range
According to IEC 60068-3-5
-20...+50°C (± 1°C in time ± 2°C in space )
Temperature Rate of Change
According to IEC 60068-3-5
± 0.5°C/min (cooling & heating)
Relative Humidity
T > 4°C and according to IEC 60068-3-6
10...100% ± 3%
Humidity Rate of Change
T > 4°C and according to IEC 60068-3-6
0.4%/ min cooling; 0.8%/ min heating
Precipitations Rain: 0-20 mm/h (Rainwater too)
Light Full solar spectrum 280-900 nm, intensity 2,500 μmol/m2s
O2 level control 400-1,000 ppm

Support Services Offered

• Data-acquisition system

• Data security management: the system guarantees the integrity of data and ensures that the data acquired are inaccessible to unauthorised parties

• Support during the whole testing chain: from experimental design to test execution and reporting

 

© Eurac Research
© Schirra/Giraldi
© Eurac Research | Martina Jaider

In order to give you a better service this site uses technical cookies. Additionally third party cookies are used for embedded content. If you decline, you will not see content from third parties (such as Youtube videos or Facebook/Twitter content). Privacy policy