Cascaded distillation technology for water processing in space

V Rifert, V Usenko, I Zolotukhin, A Lubman… - 2003 - sae.org
The cascaded distiller CD5 is a 5-stage, rotary vacuum distiller developed jointly by
Honeywell International (USA) and Thermodistillation Co.(Kiev, Ukraine) for processing of …

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 …

Distillation technology down-selection for the exploration life support (ELS) water recovery systems element

J McQuillan, K Pickering, M Anderson… - 40th International …, 2010 - arc.aiaa.org
HE Water Recovery System (WRS) Element of the Exploration Life Support (ELS) Project is
developing a closed loop water recovery system for application in any future exploration …

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 …

Developing the water supply system for travel to mars

HW Jones, JW Fisher, LD Delzeit, MT Flynn… - International …, 2016 - ntrs.nasa.gov
What water supply method should be used on a trip to Mars? Two alternate approaches are
using fuel cell and stored water, as was done for short missions such as Apollo and the …

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 …

Improvement the cascade distillation system for long-term space flights

VG Rifert, PA Barabash, V Usenko… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - elibrary.ru
Centrifugal vacuum distillation (CVD) is the most promising technology for waster water in
life support systems in space missions. The report analyses several design options for CVD …

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 …

Improvement of the distillation methods by using centrifugal forces for water recovery in space flight application

V Rifert, P Barabash, V Usenko - 2016 - ttu-ir.tdl.org
In the report the works on the study on vaporization and condensation, the methods of their
prediction in the distillers with rotating heat exchanging surfaces, development of the …

Improved dynamic modeling of the cascade distillation subsystem and analysis of factors affecting its performance

BA Perry, MS Anderson - International Conference on Environmental …, 2015 - ntrs.nasa.gov
The Cascade Distillation Subsystem (CDS) is a rotary multistage distiller being developed to
serve as the primary processor for wastewater recovery during long-duration space …