Status of ISS Water Management and Recovery

Date

2019-07-07

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Publisher

49th International Conference on Environmental Systems

Abstract

Water management on ISS is responsible for the provision of water to the crew for drinking water, food preparation, and hygiene, to the Oxygen Generation System (OGS) for oxygen production via electrolysis, to the Waste & Hygiene Compartment (WHC) for flush water, and for experiments on ISS. This paper summarizes water management activities on the ISS US Segment and provides a status of the performance and issues related to the operation of the Water Processor Assembly (WPA) and Urine Processor Assembly (UPA). This paper summarizes the on-orbit status as of June 2019, describes the technical challenges encountered and lessons learned over the past year.

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Layne Carter, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
Jill Williamson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
Daniel Gazda, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
Chris Brown, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
Ryan Schaezler, Boeing, USA
Frank Thomas, S&K Global Solutions, USA
Jesse Bazley, Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc, USA
Sunday Molina, The Boeing Company, USA
ICES404: International Space Station ECLS: Systems
The 49th International Conference on Environmental Systems as held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 07 July 2019 through 11 July 2019.

Keywords

WPA, UPA, water

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