Water Recovery in Space Development of a Membrane Based Water Treatment Process for Long Range Missions 2000-01-2388
In the absence of recycling, water represents over 90% of the life-support consumables for a human spacecraft. In addition, over 90% of the waste water generated can be classified as either moderately or slightly contaminated (e.g. shower water, condensate from the air-conditioning system, etc..) The ability to recover potable water from moderately contaminated waste water hence enables significant savings to be made in resupply costs. A development model of such a water-recovery system, based on membrane technology, has been produced and tested using ‘real waste water’ based on used shower water. Results indicate some 95% recovery of potable water meeting European Space Agency (ESA) standards, with total elimination of microbial contaminants such as bacteria, spores and viruses.
A second phase focused on improving the functioning of the breadboard and to test it in a long duration test (5-6 months).
Citation: Amblard, P., Lasserre, E., Lasseur, C., and Personne, E., "Water Recovery in Space Development of a Membrane Based Water Treatment Process for Long Range Missions," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-2388, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-2388. Download Citation
Author(s):
P. Amblard, E. C. Lasserre, C. Lasseur, E. C. Personne
Affiliated:
Techno-Membranes
Pages: 17
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Water quality
Water treatment
Water
Recycling
Bacteria
Air conditioning
Spacecraft
Biological sciences
Life support systems
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