TY - GEN
T1 - Alternative water processor test development
AU - Pickering, Karen D.
AU - Mitchell, Julie L.
AU - Adam, Niklas M.
AU - Barta, Daniel
AU - Meyer, Caitlin E.
AU - Pensinger, Stuart
AU - Vega, Leticia M.
AU - Callahan, Michael R.
AU - Flynn, Michael
AU - Wheeler, Ray
AU - Birmele, Michele
AU - Lunn, Griffin
AU - Jackson, Andrew
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The Next Generation Life Support Project is developing the Alternative Water Processor (AWP) as a candidate water recovery system for long-duration exploration missions. The AWP consists of a biological water processor (BWP) integrated with a forward osmosis secondary treatment (FOST) system. The basis of the BWP is a membrane aerated biological reactor (MABR), developed in concert with Texas Tech University. Bacteria located within the MABR metabolize organic material in wastewater, converting approximately 90% of the total organic carbon to carbon dioxide. In addition, bacteria convert a portion of the ammonia-nitrogen present in the wastewater to nitrogen gas, through a combination of nitrification and denitrification. The effluent from the BWP system is low in organic contaminants, but high in total dissolved solids. The FOST system, integrated downstream of the BWP, removes dissolved solids through a combination of concentration-driven forward osmosis and pressure-driven reverse osmosis. The integrated system is expected to produce water with a total organic carbon less than 50 mg/L and dissolved inorganic solids that meets potable water requirements for spaceflight. This paper describes the test definition, the design of the BWP and FOST subsystems, and plans for integrated testing.
AB - The Next Generation Life Support Project is developing the Alternative Water Processor (AWP) as a candidate water recovery system for long-duration exploration missions. The AWP consists of a biological water processor (BWP) integrated with a forward osmosis secondary treatment (FOST) system. The basis of the BWP is a membrane aerated biological reactor (MABR), developed in concert with Texas Tech University. Bacteria located within the MABR metabolize organic material in wastewater, converting approximately 90% of the total organic carbon to carbon dioxide. In addition, bacteria convert a portion of the ammonia-nitrogen present in the wastewater to nitrogen gas, through a combination of nitrification and denitrification. The effluent from the BWP system is low in organic contaminants, but high in total dissolved solids. The FOST system, integrated downstream of the BWP, removes dissolved solids through a combination of concentration-driven forward osmosis and pressure-driven reverse osmosis. The integrated system is expected to produce water with a total organic carbon less than 50 mg/L and dissolved inorganic solids that meets potable water requirements for spaceflight. This paper describes the test definition, the design of the BWP and FOST subsystems, and plans for integrated testing.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883673791
SN - 9781624102158
T3 - 43rd International Conference on Environmental Systems
BT - 43rd International Conference on Environmental Systems
T2 - 43rd International Conference on Environmental Systems, ICES 2013
Y2 - 14 July 2013 through 18 July 2013
ER -