Waste Management System overview for future spacecraft.Waste Management Systems (WMS) for post Apollo spacecraft will be significantly more sophisticated and earthlike in user procedures. Some of the features of the advanced WMS will be accommodation of both males and females, automatic operation, either tissue wipe or anal wash, measurement and sampling of urine, feces and vomitus for medical analysis, water recovery, and solids disposal. This paper presents an overview of the major problems of and approaches to waste management for future spacecraft. Some of the processes discussed are liquid/gas separation, the Dry-John, the Hydro-John, automated sampling, vapor compression distillation, vacuum distillation-catalytic oxidation, incineration, and the integration of the above into complete systems.
Document ID
19730053172
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ingelfinger, A. L. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Murray, R. W. (General Electric Co. Philadelphia, Pa., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1973
Subject Category
Biotechnology
Report/Patent Number
ASME PAPER 73-ENAS-18
Meeting Information
Meeting: Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems