Eur. Phys. J. E (2019) 42: 87
https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2019-11851-6

Regular Article

Preliminary analysis of Diffusion Coefficient Measurements in ternary mIXtures 4 (DCMIX4) experiment on board the International Space Station

¹ MRC, CP 165/62, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 50, Ave. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium
² Laboratoire des Fluides Complexes et leurs Réservoirs, IPRA UMR5150 E2S-Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (UPPA) / CNRS / TOTAL, 1, Allée du Parc Montaury, 64600, Anglet, France
³ Mechanical and Manufacturing Department, Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa (MGEP), Loramendi 4, Apdo. 23, 20500, Mondragon, Spain
⁴ European Space Agency (ESA), ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
⁵ E-USOC, Ciencias y Operaciones Aeroespaciales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
⁶ Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), 2, Place Maurice Quentin, 75001, Paris, France

^* e-mail: amialdun@ulb.ac.be

Received: 20 March 2019
Accepted: 5 June 2019
Published online: 11 July 2019

Abstract

In the frame of the Diffusion Coefficient Measurements in ternary mIXtures 4 (DCMIX4) project the thermodiffusion experiments were conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) in the Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument (SODI) which is on orbit since 2009. We describe the results of the preliminary analysis of images downloaded during the execution of DCMIX4 in order to check the quality of the running experiments and, if needed, adjust the experiment parameters for the following runs. The quick analysis of raw data showed that they are meaningful and will allow to obtain the transport coefficients of examined ternary and binary mixtures.