Hybrid Life Support System Full Scale Testing: Integrated Bioreactor-Desalination Long Term Testing

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dc.creatorHooshyari, Ghaem
dc.creatorBose, Arpita
dc.creatorLa-Grenade, Jessica
dc.creatorKad, Siddhi
dc.creatorCallahan, Michael
dc.creatorJackson, William
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-16T13:19:37Z
dc.date.available2023-06-16T13:19:37Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-16
dc.descriptionGhaem Hooshyari, Texas Tech University, USA
dc.descriptionArpita Bose, Texas Tech University, USA
dc.descriptionJessica La-Grenade, Texas Tech University, USA
dc.descriptionSiddhi Kad, Texas Tech University, USA
dc.descriptionMichael Callahan, NASA Johnson Space Center(JSC), USA
dc.descriptionWilliam Andrew Jackson, Texas Tech University, USA
dc.descriptionICES303: Physio-Chemical Life Support- Water Recovery & Management Systems- Technology and Process Development
dc.descriptionThe 52nd International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Calgary, Canada, on 16 July 2023 through 20 July 2023.
dc.description.abstractAs space habitats are developed in reduced gravity environments, life support systems will be able to evolve to harness the gravity present enabling a wider diversity of treatment systems that can be more robust and reduce consumable mass. Hybrid life support systems that combine biological regenerative processors with physio-chemical systems are one system that could provide such benefits. In this effort, gravity-dependent bioreactors were tested for extended periods for their capacity to treat space-based greywater and urine + flush water (U+F), separately. Effluent from the greywater biological reactor was further processed using a small-scale low-pressure reverse osmosis (RO) unit. Effluent from the urine biological reactor was desalinated using a static distillation system. Our objectives were to demonstrate if 1) the bioreactor could be used as the RO recycle tank, reducing the system mass and volume; and 2), if operating the urine bioreactor to produce NO3- instead of NO2- as the oxidized NH3 product would improve distillate quality. Using the greywater biological reactor as the RO system recycle tank reduced the life of the prefilter and RO membrane but had no effect on water quality. Operating the urine bioreactor to produce NO3- did reduce NOx- carryover to the distillate. Our results support the ability to use biological pretreatment in concert with desalination systems to eliminate the need for storage tanks, brine processing, reduce system mass and complexity, consumable mass, and provide robust systems.
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dc.identifier.otherICES-2023-175
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/94626
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher2023 International Conference on Environmental Systems
dc.subjectgravity dependent bioreactor
dc.subjectgreywater treatment
dc.subjecturine treatment
dc.subjecthybrid life support
dc.titleHybrid Life Support System Full Scale Testing: Integrated Bioreactor-Desalination Long Term Testingen_US
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