Fluid Behavior/Waste Management in Low-Gravity Environments

Fluid Behavior/Waste Management in Low-Gravity Environments

Current plans for the U.S. space station are to recycle as much wastewater as possible to reduce shuttle resupply requirements. A mission to Mars may require total recycle and regeneration of water, air, and food--an Earth-type ecosystem. However, fluid behavior in space differs markedly from that i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Water environment & technology 1990-10, Vol.2 (10), p.56-58
Hauptverfasser: Wachinski, Anthony M., Preston, Kurt T.
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bubbles
Buoyancy
Convection
FLUID MECHANICS
FLUIDS
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
Gravity
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
Liquids
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS SCIENCE
MECHANICS
Microgravity
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS 360603 > Materials-- Properties
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Potable water
Spacecraft
Spacecraft orbits
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
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Zusammenfassung:Current plans for the U.S. space station are to recycle as much wastewater as possible to reduce shuttle resupply requirements. A mission to Mars may require total recycle and regeneration of water, air, and food--an Earth-type ecosystem. However, fluid behavior in space differs markedly from that in a gravity-dominated environment. The general environmental engineering sector should become familiar with wastewater recycle in the microgravity or zero-G environment.
ISSN:1044-9493
1938-193X