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Air Evaporation Closed Cycle Water Recovery Technology - Advanced Energy Saving Designs
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The Air Evaporation water recovery system is a viable candidate for Space Station application. A four-man Air Evaporation open cycle system has been successfully demonstrated for waste water recovery in manned chamber tests. The design improvements described in this paper greatly enhance the system operation and energy efficiency of the air evaporation process.
A state-of-the-art wick feed design which results in reduced logistics requirements is presented. In addition, several design concepts that incorporate regenerative features to minimize the energy input to the system are discussed. These include a recuperative heat exchanger, a heat pump for energy transfer to the air heater, and solar collectors for evaporative heat. The addition of the energy recovery devices will result in an energy reduction of more than 80 percent over the systems used in earlier manned chamber tests.
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Morasko, G., Putnam, D., and Bagdigian, R., "Air Evaporation Closed Cycle Water Recovery Technology - Advanced Energy Saving Designs," SAE Technical Paper 860987, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/860987.Also In
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- Umpqua Research Company “Proposal for Space Station Air Evaporation/Multifiltration Waste Water Reclamation Systems” 1 1985