公开(公告)号：US20240149279A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18387122

申请日：2023-11-06

Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation

Inventor： D. Marshall Porterfield ,  Madelyn Julia Whitaker ,  Alessandro Jesus Paz Hernández ,  Autumn Frances Wuebben ,  Kyra Rose Keenan ,  Mitchell R. Hekstra ,  Dominic Lovisa ,  Ajay Dalal ,  William Schoenfeld ,  Hunter Moyer ,  Ethan Fry

IPC: B04B9/00 ,  B04B5/04

CPC classification number: B04B9/00 ,  B04B5/0414

Abstract: Centrifuge systems including free-flying centrifuges for mass separations in high gravity, microgravity, or zero gravity environments are described. A centrifuge system includes a body and a rotary member. The body includes a first vertical thruster selectively operable to move the body in a first direction parallel to the central axis, and one or more position sensors configured to determine a position of the body within an open space. The rotary member is configured to receive one or more material samples. The rotary member or body includes a first horizontal thruster selectively operable to move the body in a first direction perpendicular to the central axis, and the rotary member includes a rotational thruster selectively operable to rotate the rotary member about the central axis.