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Wet Oxidation for Space Waste Management
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Abstract
Long term multimanned space missions present numerous complex problems in devising a suitable life support system. Among these problems is the management of the waste Products generated during the mission. A promising approach appears to be the wet oxidation process wherein the organic waste materials are decomposed at high pressures (50 atm or higher) and intermediate temperatures (100 - 300 C). This technique is promising because: effluent may be used as a nutrient media, and thermodynamically it is exothermic.
Problems associated with the adoption of this approach to waste management are amenable to experimental investigation and resolution.
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Konikoff, J. and Slawecki, T., "Wet Oxidation for Space Waste Management," SAE Technical Paper 680714, 1968, https://doi.org/10.4271/680714.Also In
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