Recovery of resources from waste streams in a space habitat is essential to minimize the resupply burden and achieve self sufficiency. The ultimate goal of a Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) is to achieve the greatest practical level of mass recycle and provide self sufficiency and safety for humans. Several mission scenarios leading to the ultimate application could employ CELSS component technologies or subsystems with initial emphasis on recycle of the largest mass components of the waste stream. Candidate physical/chemical and biological processes for resource recovery from liquid and solid waste streams are discussed and the current fundamental recovery potentials are estimated.


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    Title :

    Approaches to resource recovery in controlled ecological life support systems


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    Publication date :

    1994-11-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English




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    Bubenheim, D. L. / Wydeven, T. / COSPAR; Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission F | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994




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