Cabin Humidity Control: Condensing Heat Exchanger
Interactive 3D model of a spacecraft condensing heat exchanger: cool cabin air below its dew point to pull out water vapor, watch droplets form on the core and drip into a collection tank, and track cabin humidity in real time.
Every crewed spacecraft has to solve the same quiet problem: people constantly add water vapor to the air just by breathing and sweating, and if nothing pulls it back out, the cabin fogs up and metal surfaces start to sweat. This simulator models the condensing heat exchanger that solves it — a cooled core that chills a stream of cabin air below its dew point so excess moisture condenses onto the fins and drips into a collection tank, exactly as the ISS Common Cabin Air Assembly does. Adjust crew size, cabin temperature, core coolant temperature and airflow, and watch the mist thin or thicken inside the cabin, droplets form and drip on the CHX core, and the tank fill in real time while relative humidity, dew point and collection rate update live.
Model a spacecraft's condensing heat exchanger: cool cabin air below its dew point so excess water vapor condenses onto the core and drips into a collection tank, while cabin relative humidity, dew point and condensate rate update live.
3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install