Development of a Water Recovery Subsystem Based on Vapor Phase Catalytic Ammonia Removal (VPCAR) 860985
An integrated engineering breadboard subsystem for the recovery of potable water from untreated urine was designed, fabricated and tested. It was fabricated from commercially available components without emphasis on weight, volume and power requirement optimization. Optimizing these parameters would make this process competitive with other spacecraft water recovery systems. Unlike other phase change systems, this process is based on the catalytic oxidation at elevated temperatures of ammonia and volatile hydrocarbons to innocuous products; therefore, no urine pretreatment is required. The testing program consisted of parametric tests, one month of daily tests, and a continuous run of 165 hours. The recovered water is low in ammonia, hydrocarbons and conductivity and requires only adjustment of its pH to meet drinking water standards.
Citation: Budininkas, P., Rasouli, F., and Wydeven, T., "Development of a Water Recovery Subsystem Based on Vapor Phase Catalytic Ammonia Removal (VPCAR)," SAE Technical Paper 860985, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/860985. Download Citation
Author(s):
P. Budininkas, F. Rasouli, T. Wydeven
Affiliated:
GARD Div. Chamberlain Mfg. Corp. Niles, IL, NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA
Pages: 8
Event:
Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Aerospace Environmental Systems-Proceedings of the Sixteenth Ices Conference-P-177
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Water quality
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