Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The purpose of the paper is to make a preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using aerobic biological waste treatment in closed systems. Issues that are addressed in this paper are: (1) how high a degree of material balance is possible, (2) how much might such a system weigh, and (3) how would system closure and weight be affected if animals were included in the system. A computer model has been developed to calculate for different scenarios the compositions and amounts of the streams entering or leaving the waste treatment system and to estimate the launch weight of such a system. A bench scale apparatus has been built to mimic the proposed waste treatment system; the experiments are used to verify model predictions and to improve model parameter estimations.
Keywords:
MAN/SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SUPPORT
Type:
ASME PAPER 81-ENAS-20
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems; Jul 13, 1981 - Jul 15, 1981; San Francisco, CA
Format:
text
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