Experimental investigation of mass transfer characteristics in centrifugal humidifier

A Solomakha, P Barabash, V Rifert - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is proposed to use humidification-dehumidification technology (HDH) for water recovery in
space flight conditions, in conditions of weightlessness, the processes of humidification and …

Water Recovery in Life Support Systems for Long-Term Space Missions

V Rifert, A Solomakha, P Barabash, O Sniehovskyi… - New Space, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Various methods of water recovery for the life support system for deep space missions are
analyzed. It is shown that the use of membrane technologies does not allow achieving the …

Cascade distillation subsystem hardware development for verification testing

A Lubman, A MacKnight, V Rifert, P Barabash - 2007 - sae.org
Water recovery from wastewater is essential for the success of long-term missions to the
Moon and Mars and human crew operations during explorations of these planets …

Cascade Distillation System–A water recovery system for deep space missions

V Patel, H Au, S Shull, MJ Sargusingh, M Callahan - 2014 - ttu-ir.tdl.org
Honeywell Aerospace has developed a distillation technology to process wastewater
streams in microgravity environments for recovering potable water. The wastewater …

Wastewater processing cascade distillation subsystem design and evaluation

A Lubman, A MacKnight, V Rifert, I Zolotukhin… - 2006 - sae.org
Water recovery from wastewater is essential for the success of long term missions.
Honeywell Aerospace and the team comprising Thermodistillation Co.(Kiev, Ukraine) and …

Apparatus and methods for water regeneration from waste

AM Lubman, AK Macknight, VG Rifert… - US Patent …, 2009 - Google Patents
In one aspect of the present invention there is provided a cascade distiller comprising a
housing: a cylindrical rotor cover disposed within the housing; a stationary shaft disposed …

Upgrade the centrifugal multiple-effect distiller for deep space missions

VG Rifert, AS Solomakha, PA Barabash… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - elibrary.ru
Providing astronauts with clean water is one of the main problems for the life support system
on the International Space Station and for deep space missions. Centrifugal distillation is …

Centrifugal multiple effect distiller for water recovery for space applications

V Rifert, A Solomakha, P Barabash, O Sniehovskyi… - CEAS Space …, 2023 - Springer
A long-distance manned flight, for example, to the Moon or Mars, requires an efficient and
reliable system of water recovery from wastewater. The vapor compression distiller (VCD) …

[PDF][PDF] Evolution of centrifugal distillation system with a thermoelectric heat pump for space missions

VG Rifert, LI Anatychuk, PO Barabash, VI Usenko… - Editorial …, 2019 - jnas.nbuv.gov.ua
The article describes the main results of the development and testing of a multistage
centrifugal vacuum distillation (MCVD) system with a thermoelectric heat pump (THP). For …

A Sustainable Regolith-Based Water Recovery Concept for the Lunar Outpost

EA Thomas, J Leidich, DM Klaus - 2009 - sae.org
A long-term lunar outpost will require sustainable life support technologies that are capable
of functioning for years with minimum resupply and maintenance. While life support …