Technical Risks Associated with Heat Melt Compaction Systems

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dc.creatorLee, Jeffrey
dc.creatorRichardson, Tra-My Justine
dc.creatorMartin, Kevin
dc.creatorYoung, Janine
dc.creatorPace, Gregory
dc.creatorParodi, Jurek
dc.creatorTrieu, Serena
dc.creatorHelvensteijn, Ben
dc.creatorEwert, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T14:33:09Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T14:33:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-31
dc.descriptionJeffrey Lee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC), US
dc.descriptionTra-My Justine Richardson, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC), US
dc.descriptionKevin Martin, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC), US
dc.descriptionJanine Young, KBRwyle, US
dc.descriptionGregory Pace, KBRwyle, US
dc.descriptionJurek Parodi, Bionetics Corporation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US
dc.descriptionSerena Trieu, Logyx LLC, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), US
dc.descriptionBen Helvensteijn, Millennium Engineering & Integration Company, Atlas Scientific, US
dc.descriptionMichael Ewert, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center, US
dc.descriptionICES304: Physio-Chemical Life Support- Waste Management Systems- Technology and Process Development
dc.descriptionThe proceedings for the 2020 International Conference on Environmental Systems were published from July 31, 2020. The technical papers were not presented in person due to the inability to hold the event as scheduled in Lisbon, Portugal because of the COVID-19 global pandemic.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe processing of trash and waste is a welcome and valuable addition to humans living and working in space. Besides the obvious desire to have a pleasant and productive habitation environment, trash management has many practical benefits for crew health, resource recovery, and volume reclamation through garbage compaction. The Trash Compaction and Processing System (TCPS), which is a NASA project to develop a trash processing system for long-duration spaceflight, is currently undergoing concept development with engineering prototype validation through two contracted efforts. The development efforts are being supported with activities associated with the NASA Generation 2 Heat Melt Compactor (HMC). The HMC is a facility that compacts trash, recovers water, heats the trash to eliminate biological activity, and manages gas and vapor effluents. The resulting residual processed trash is a compact tile that is free of biological growth and that can be used for augmenting radiation shields. The work being conducted with the HMC focuses on high risk technical areas with respect to operations, sub-system performance, and ISS effluent management interface requirements. This paper gives an overview of the technical risks and the current use of the HMC as a facility for reducing risk.
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dc.identifier.otherICES_2020_353
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/86300
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher2020 International Conference on Environmental Systems
dc.subjectHeat melt compactor (HMC)
dc.subjectWaste processing
dc.subjectEffluent management
dc.subjectVolume reduction
dc.subjectTrash Compaction and Processing System (TCPS)
dc.titleTechnical Risks Associated with Heat Melt Compaction Systems
dc.typePresentation

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