Closing the Water Loop for Exploration: Status of the Brine Processor Assembly

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dc.creatorKelsey, Laura
dc.creatorMeyer, Caitlin
dc.creatorShull, Sarah
dc.creatorPasadilla, Patrick
dc.creatorBrockbank, Jason
dc.creatorLocke, Barrett
dc.creatorLopez, Javier
dc.creatorCognata, Thomas
dc.creatorOrlando, Thomas
dc.creatorHahn, Norman
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-07T22:04:58Z
dc.date.available2017-07-07T22:04:58Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-16
dc.descriptionLaura Kelsey, Paragon Space Development Corporation, USA
dc.descriptionCaitlin Meyer, NASA Johnson Space Center, USA
dc.descriptionSarah Shull, NASA Johnson Space Center, USA
dc.descriptionPatrick Pasadilla, Paragon Space Development Corporation, USA
dc.descriptionJason Brockbank, Paragon Space Development Corporation, USA
dc.descriptionBarret Locke, Paragon Space Development Corporation, USA
dc.descriptionJavier Lopez, Paragon Space Development Corporation, USA
dc.descriptionThomas Cognata, Paragon Space Development Corporation, USA
dc.descriptionThomas Orlando, Paragon Space Development Corporation, USA
dc.descriptionNorman Hahn, Paragon Space Development Corporation, USA
dc.descriptionICES303: Physio-Chemical Life Support- Water Recovery & Management Systems- Technology and Process Development
dc.descriptionThe 47th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in South Carolina, USA on 16 July 2017 through 20 July 2017.
dc.description.abstractThe NASA Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Life Support Systems (LSS) project together with Paragon Space Development Corporation are working to develop a brine processor assembly for demonstration on the International Space Station (ISS). The Brine Processor will demonstrate the recovery of water from urine brine produced by the ISS Urine Processor Assembly (UPA). If successful, the Brine Processor will demonstrate water recovery rates greater than the current 75-90% possible using vapor compression distillation. The Brine Processor aims to recover up to 98% of water on ISS by utilizing forced convection of spacecraft cabin air coupled with a robust membrane distillation process to purify water from 22.5 liters of brine within a 26 day cycle. An ionomer-microporous membrane pair will be used to contain the brine while transferring water vapor to the cabin air. The water vapor is collected by the existing spacecraft condensing heat exchanger(s), which recover metabolically produced water vapor as humidity condensate. This paper will discuss progress to-date in the project including many critical technical and ISS integration milestones that the project has to meet in order to successfully deliver the proto-flight unit in August 2018.
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dc.identifier.otherICES_2017_225
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/73021
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher47th International Conference on Environmental Systems
dc.subjecturine
dc.subjectbrine
dc.subjectIWP
dc.subjectBPA
dc.subjectionomer
dc.subjectbrine processor
dc.subjectmembrane
dc.subjectNafion
dc.titleClosing the Water Loop for Exploration: Status of the Brine Processor Assemblyen_US
dc.typePresentations

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