TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimum loading rates and design limitations of biological reactors for long-term space habitation waste streams
AU - Jackson, W. Andrew
AU - Morse, Audra
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Biological pre-treatment of liquid waste could potentially offer equivalent mass savings for long term space habitation. However, limited engineering studies have been performed to determine the optimum loading rates or to fully characterize (limiting reactants) the biochemical transformations occurring within the reactors. The objective of these studies was to provide loading rate data on a proposed and well studied reactor configuration. All studies were performed using a simulated early planetary base waste stream. Results indicate that the reactor's efficiency is greater than typical terrestrial reactors and that transformation is limited by non-kinetic parameters.
AB - Biological pre-treatment of liquid waste could potentially offer equivalent mass savings for long term space habitation. However, limited engineering studies have been performed to determine the optimum loading rates or to fully characterize (limiting reactants) the biochemical transformations occurring within the reactors. The objective of these studies was to provide loading rate data on a proposed and well studied reactor configuration. All studies were performed using a simulated early planetary base waste stream. Results indicate that the reactor's efficiency is greater than typical terrestrial reactors and that transformation is limited by non-kinetic parameters.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072414861&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4271/2005-01-2979
DO - 10.4271/2005-01-2979
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85072414861
SN - 0148-7191
JO - SAE Technical Papers
JF - SAE Technical Papers
T2 - 35th International Conference on Environmental Systems, ICES 2005
Y2 - 11 July 2005 through 14 July 2005
ER -