Oxygen Penalty for Waste Oxidation in an Advanced Life Support System - A Systems Approach 2002-01-2396
Oxidation is one of a number of technologies that are being considered for waste management and resource recovery from waste materials generated on board space missions. Oxidation processes are a very effective and efficient means of clean and complete conversion of waste materials to sterile products. However, because oxidation uses oxygen there is an “oxygen penalty” associated either with resupply of oxygen or with recycling oxygen from some other source. This paper is a systems approach to the issue of oxygen penalty in life support systems and presents findings on the oxygen penalty associated with an integrated oxidation-Sabatier-Oxygen Generation System (OGS) for waste management in an Advanced Life Support System. The findings reveal that such an integrated system can be operated to form a variety of useful products without a significant oxygen penalty.
Citation: Pisharody, S., Wignarajah, K., and Fisher, J., "Oxygen Penalty for Waste Oxidation in an Advanced Life Support System - A Systems Approach," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2396, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2396. Download Citation
Author(s):
Suresh Pisharody, K. Wignarajah, John Fisher
Affiliated:
Lockheed Martin Space Mission Systems & Services, NASA Ames Research Center
Pages: 10
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Life support systems
Waste management
Oxygen
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