Ersatz Wastewater Formulations for Testing Water Recovery Systems

2004-01-2448

07/19/2004

Event
International Conference On Environmental Systems
Authors Abstract
Content
This paper addresses the derivation of chemical ersatz recipes for use in the evaluation of development hardware designed for advanced spacecraft water recovery systems. The recipes simulate characteristics of wastewater generated on a transit mission and on an early planetary base (EPB). In addition, recipes are provided which simulate the water quality of the early planetary base wastewater as it moves through a combination biological and physical-chemical water recovery system. These ersatz are considered to be accurate representations of the wastewater as it passes through primary, secondary, and tertiary processing stages. The EPB ersatz formulas are based on chemical analyses of an integrated water recovery system performance test that was conducted over a period of one year. The major inorganic and organic chemical impurities in the raw wastewater, and in the effluent from the various subsystems, were identified and quantified. Procedures for preparation of ersatz are discussed in detail, and analyses techniques used for measuring the chemical species are presented.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2448
Pages
19
Citation
Verostko, C., Carrier, C., and Finger, B., "Ersatz Wastewater Formulations for Testing Water Recovery Systems," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-2448, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2448.
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Published
Jul 19, 2004
Product Code
2004-01-2448
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English