A BPA brine recycler has set a water recycling efficiency record on the ISS. Reported by NASA.
It is extremely expensive to deliver cargo to the ISS, so vital resources such as water and air are sought to be reproduced. Following the installation of the BPA device, the team completed the evaluation of the new configuration of the urine processing system and concluded that it was highly effective.
The Urine Processing System (UPA) converts human waste into drinking water through vacuum distillation. The byproduct of the system is a concentrated brine that still has water in it. BPA was developed to extract this residue and was placed on the space station to prove it could operate in microgravity. The experts concluded that BPA helps the system recover 98% of the water.
“This is a very important step in the evolution of life support systems,” says Christopher Brown of the Johnson Space Center. — Suppose you bring 50 kilos of water to the station. You lose two kilos and the remaining 98% continues to circulate. It’s a pretty cool achievement to keep that flow.”
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