This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
Shower Water Recovery by Reverse Osmosis
Annotation ability available
Sector:
Language:
English
Abstract
Boeing Aerospace Company (BAC) is currently supporting studies in non-phase change methods for recovering wash water generated by space vehicle crews. The reverse osmosis technology appears to be promising for this application. Accordingly/Boeing embarked on an Independent Research and Development (IR and D) test of this technology in 1986.
A laboratory reverse osmosis system was built using hollow fiber, tube-side feed membranes. These membranes, as supplied by Bend Research, Inc., were of polyamide material deposited within a polysulfone hollow fiber substrate.
This paper reports the results of water recovery testing performed in the following three areas of interest: (1) general reverse osmosis membrane performance on baseline deionized water, soap, and salt solutions, (2) reverse osmosis performance on wash water, using actual shower water as a test media, and (3) bacteriological control methods for processing shower water.
Authors
Citation
Slavin, T., Peters, H., and Cao, T., "Shower Water Recovery by Reverse Osmosis," SAE Technical Paper 871511, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/871511.Also In
References
- “Systems Requirements Document (SRD),” SS-SRD-600 G. C. Marshall Space Flight Center 13 September 1986
- “Regenerative Life Support Research / Controlled Ecological Life Support System (RLSR/CELSS), Program Planning Support (Transportation Analysis),” Final Report under NASA Contract NAS2-11148 Boeing Aerospace Co. November 1982
- “Novel Reverse Osmosis Module for Spacecraft Washwater Recycle,” Contract No. NAS9-17306 Bend Research, Inc. 1985
- Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water, Part 900 Microbiological Examination of Water APHA-AWWA-WPCF 15th 1980
- Lenette, E.H. Spaulding E.H. Truant J.P. “Manual of Microbiology,” 1974
- Statement of Work for Development of a Non-Phase Change Preprototype Waste Water Reclamation Subsystem NASA JSC RFP 9-BE3-77-5-130P 13 May 1985
- Applegate, L.E. “Membrane Separation Processes,” Chemical Engineering 64 11 June 1984
- Putnam, D.F. Colombo, G.V. “Experimental Study of the Constituents of Space Wash Water,” Umpqua Research Company NASA CR 137735 September 1975
- Umpqua Research Company Space Station Advanced Development Program Water Management Components, Boeing Contract GN-6345 “Design for the Multifiltration and Reverse Osmosis Breadboard Subsystems,” 18 December 1985
- Man-Systems Integration Standards NASA-STD-3000 I March 1987