In-Situ Resource Utilization for Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Disinfection
| dc.creator | Vijapur, Santosh | |
| dc.creator | Hall, Timothy | |
| dc.creator | Taylor, E. Jennings | |
| dc.creator | Radhakrishnan, Rajeswaran | |
| dc.creator | Wang, Dan | |
| dc.creator | Snyder, Stephen | |
| dc.creator | Skinn, Brian | |
| dc.creator | Cabrera, Carlos | |
| dc.creator | Duarte, Armando Pe�a | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-24T19:23:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-24T19:23:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 7/12/2021 | |
| dc.description | Santosh Vijapur, Faraday Technology, Inc. | |
| dc.description | Timothy Hall, Faraday Technology, Inc. | |
| dc.description | E. Jennings Taylor, Faraday Technology, Inc. | |
| dc.description | Rajeswaran Radhakrishnan, Faraday Technology, Inc. | |
| dc.description | Dan Wang, Faraday Technology, Inc. | |
| dc.description | Stephen Snyder, Faraday Technology, Inc. | |
| dc.description | Brian Skinn, Faraday Technology, Inc. | |
| dc.description | Carlos Cabrera, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras | |
| dc.description | Armando Pe�a Duarte, University of Puerto Rico, R�o Piedras Campus | |
| dc.description | ICES308: Advanced Technologies for In-Situ Resource Utilization | en |
| dc.description | The 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held virtually on 12 July 2021 through 14 July 2021. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Disinfection needs to meet the personal hygiene requirements of interplanetary travel community in space vehicles is currently accomplished through the use of pre-packaged, disposable, wetted wipes, which represent an appreciable carry-along mass and disposal burden. There is a stated need to develop a system that could use onboard utilities to create on demand disinfectants thereby reducing the astronaut�s dependence on earth-based supplies and further eliminating storage and disposable problems. Within this context, we are developing an in-situ approach to electrochemically generate hydrogen peroxide disinfectant utilizing onboard life support supplies (Air/Water) to eliminate many of the surface contaminants present in closed living systems. As discussed within our 2018 paper we have demonstrated the potential to produce up to 1 w/w% peroxide with DI water and oxygen utilizing our optimized system. This paper will build upon that work and discuss the results from our zero-gravity flight test and system scale-up activities. Furthermore, the system has been shown to be amenable to utilize various water streams (DI, RO, and Tap water) with or without I or Ag additions as well as air or pure oxygen supplies. Finally, we have scaled the system to produce up to 6 L per day of 1 w/w% peroxide and are working to increase the output concentration up to 6 w/w% peroxide. The peroxide generation system offers a more economical and practical alternative, with the disinfectant solution being generated on demand and in-situ; and applied to reusable cloths, reducing both the carried and disposed mass associated with the disinfection process. The peroxide generation system demonstrates a strong potential to address a critical need of disinfection within ISS and will also be able to address Earth-based needs in various settings such as hospitals, restaurants, movie theatres, among many others. Acknowledgements: Financial support of NASA Contracts NNX16CA43P, NNX17CJ12C, and 80NSSC20C0070. | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.other | ICES-2021-273 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2346/87229 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | In-Situ Resource Utilization | |
| dc.subject | Disinfection | |
| dc.subject | Hydrogen Peroxide | |
| dc.subject | Oxygen Reduction | |
| dc.subject | Electrochemistry | |
| dc.title | In-Situ Resource Utilization for Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Disinfection | en_US |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_US |