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Development Status of the VPCAR Water Processor Assembly
Technical Paper
2003-01-2626
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
The purification of waste water is a critical element of any long-duration space mission. The Vapor Phase Catalytic Ammonia Removal (VPCAR) system offers the promise of a technology requiring low quantities of expendable material that is suitable for exploration missions. NASA has funded an effort to produce an engineering development unit specifically targeted for integration into the NASA Johnson Space Center's Integrated Human Exploration Mission Simulation Facility (INTEGRITY) formally known in part as the Bioregenerative Planetary Life Support Test Complex (Bio-Plex) and the Advanced Water Recovery System Development Facility. The system includes a Wiped-Film Rotating-Disk (WFRD) evaporator redesigned with micro-gravity operation enhancements, which evaporates wastewater and produces water vapor with only volatile components as contaminants. Volatile contaminants, including organics and ammonia, are oxidized in a catalytic reactor while they are in the vapor phase. The processed vapor is condensed in the WFRD condenser and non-condensables are drawn through a high temperature reactor to provide a final polishing of the gas phase constituents prior to exhaust.
This paper presents the status of the VPCAR water processor assembly, including assembly and system test data.
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Authors
- Gregory Quinn - Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.
- James Fort - Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.
- Badawi Tleimat - Water Reuse Technology
- Maher Tleimat - Water Reuse Technology
- Michael Flynn - NASA Ames Research Center
- Fredrick Smith - NASA Johnson Space Center
Citation
Quinn, G., Fort, J., Tleimat, B., Tleimat, M. et al., "Development Status of the VPCAR Water Processor Assembly," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-2626, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2626.Also In
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