Influence of Iodine on the Treatment of Spacecraft Humidity Condensate to Produce Potable Water 901355
Several compounds in the ersatz humidity condensate do react with iodine to form iodine-substituted organic compounds (TOI), most notably phenol, acetaldehyde, ethanol, and sodium formate. Iodination of the ersatz humidity condensate produced 3.0 to 3.5 mg/L of TOI within 24 hours. The TOI that was produced by the passage of the ersatz humidity condensate through the first iodinated resin (IR) in the adsorption system was removed by the granular activated carbon that followed. TOI detected in the final effluent was formed by the reaction of the non-adsorbable condensate compounds with the final IR in the treatment series.
The activated carbon bed series in the adsorption system performed poorly in its removal of TOC. The rapid breakthrough of TOC was not surprising, as the ersatz humidity condensate contained several highly soluble organic compounds, alcohols and organic acids.
Citation: Symons, J. and Muckle, S., "Influence of Iodine on the Treatment of Spacecraft Humidity Condensate to Produce Potable Water," SAE Technical Paper 901355, 1990, https://doi.org/10.4271/901355. Download Citation
Author(s):
James M. Symons, Susan V. Muckle
Pages: 26
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE Transactions - Journal of Aerospace-V99-1
Related Topics:
Humidity
Ethanol
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