A water purification system comprises a bioreaction subsystem receiving contaminated input effluent and having a gas-lift anaerobic membrane bioreactor removing urea and organic matter to create a first effluent. A light-treatment subsystem receives the first effluent and exposes the first effluent to UV light to create a second effluent free from microorganisms. A reactor subsystem fluidically connects an ammonia-reducing reactor to the UV output and receives UV-treated second effluent and has a struvite regenerator connected to the ammonia-reducing reactor output, separating ammonia from the second effluent in the ammonia-reducing reactor, and outputting the ammonia. A separation subsystem fluidically connects to the reactor output and receives the second effluent substantially free from ammonia and has a continuous electro-deionization device separating brine/salts from the second effluent to produce potable water. A closed-loop includes an ammonia-converting subsystem and a sequential fertilizer producer.
Closed-loop bioregenerative water purification system for the international space station (ISS) and for sustainable mars exploration
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IPC: | C02F Behandlung von Wasser, Schmutzwasser, Abwasser oder von Abwasserschlamm , TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE / B01D SEPARATION , Trennen / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / C05B Phosphatische Düngemittel , PHOSPHATIC FERTILISERS / C05D INORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C , Anorganische, nicht von den Unterklassen C05B, C05C umfasste Düngemittel / C05F ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE , Organische, nicht von den Unterklassen C05B, C05C umfasste Düngemittel, z.B. Düngemittel aus Abfall oder Müll / C05G Mischungen aus Düngemitteln, die als einzelne von verschiedenen Unterklassen der Klasse C05 umfasst werden , MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENT SUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05 |
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