Updated Systems for Water Recovery from Humidity Condensate and Urine for the International Space Station 972559
At the initial phase of the construction of the international space station (ISS) water supply will be provided by the systems located in the Russian segment. The paper reviews the systems for water recovery from humidity condensate and urine to be incorporated in the Russian segment of the ISS. The similar systems have been successfully operated on the Mir space station.
The updates aim at enhancing system cost-effectiveness and reliability. The system for water recovery from humidity condensate (WRS-C) features an added assembly for the removal of organic contaminants to be catalytically oxidized in an air/liquid flow at ambient temperature and pressure.
The system for water reclamation from urine (WRS-U) incorporates a new distillation subsystem based on vacuum distillation with a multistage rotary distiller and a vapor compression or thermoelectric heat pump.
The updating of the WRS-C system will enable an increase in the multifiltration bed's life at least two fold. As regards the updating of the WRS-U system its production rate will be increased by 10 times and energy demand reduced by 10 times as well.
Citation: Samsonov, N., Bobe, L., Novikov, V., Farafonov, N. et al., "Updated Systems for Water Recovery from Humidity Condensate and Urine for the International Space Station," SAE Technical Paper 972559, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/972559. Download Citation
Author(s):
N. M. Samsonov, L. S. Bobe, V. M. Novikov, N. S. Farafonov, B. Ja. Pinsky, G. Kh. Abramov, S. V. Berezkin, E. I. Grigorov, E. N. Zaitsev, N. N. Protasov, V. V. Komolov, A. I. Grigoriev, Ju.E. Sinjak, V. V. Rakov, V. G. Rifert
Affiliated:
AO NIICHIMMASH, RSC Energia, IMBP, LTD Distillatsia
Pages: 8
Event:
International Conference on Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Spacecraft
Productivity
Water reclamation
Water
Fluids and secretions
Pressure
Vacuum
Humidity
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