Status of ISS Water Management and Recovery

Date

7/10/2022

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Publisher

51st 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 as of March 2022 and provides a status of the performance and issues related to the operation of the Water Processor Assembly (WPA) and Urine Processor Assembly (UPA).

Description

Jill Williamson, NASA, US
Andrew Gleich, Boeing, US
Jonathan Wilson, NASA, US
ICES303: Physio-Chemical Life Support- Water Recovery & Management Systems- Technology and Process Development
The 51st International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US, on 10 July 2022 through 14 July 2022.

Keywords

Water Recovery System, Water Processor Assembly, Urine Processor Assembly, Waste Hygiene Compartment, Catalytic Reactor, Multi Filtration Bed, Ionic Breakthrough

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