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Development Status of the International Space Station Urine Processor Assembly
Technical Paper
2003-01-2690
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is developing a Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) for the International Space Station (ISS). The UPA uses Vapor Compression Distillation (VCD) technology to reclaim water from pre-treated urine. This water is further processed by the Water Processor Assembly (WPA) to potable quality standards for use on the ISS. NASA has developed this technology over the last 25-30 years. Over this history, many technical issues were solved with thousands of hours of ground testing that demonstrate the ability of the UPA technology to reclaim water from urine. In recent years, NASA MSFC has been responsible for taking the UPA technology to “flight design” maturity. This paper will give a brief overview of the UPA design and a status of the major design and development efforts completed recently to mature the UPA to a flight level.
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Holder, D. and Hutchens, C., "Development Status of the International Space Station Urine Processor Assembly," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-2690, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2690.Also In
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- Carrasquillo, R.L. “Status of the Node 3 Regenerative ECLSS Water Recovery and Oxygen Generation Systems” SAE # 2003-01-2590 33 rd International Conference on Environmental Systems Vancouver, Canada July 2003