A waste processing system includes a storage tank (16) to collect urine, a dose pump (22) to mix a volume of urine pretreat with a volume of water and dispense the resultant pretreat mixture into the storage tank (16), and a sensor (30) configured to monitor one or more properties of the pretreat mixture. The sensor (30) is an optical sensor transmitting a light signal through the pretreat mixture. A method of monitoring a flow of a pretreat mixture of a waste processing system includes mixing a volume of urine pretreat with a volume of water at a dose pump (22) defining a pretreat mixture, directing the pretreat mixture along a fluid pathway toward a storage tank (16), and measuring one or more properties of the pretreat mixture via an optical sensor (30) disposed along the fluid pathway.
OPTICAL SENSOR
OPTISCHER SENSOR
CAPTEUR OPTIQUE
09.10.2024
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | C02F Behandlung von Wasser, Schmutzwasser, Abwasser oder von Abwasserschlamm , TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |