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Vapor compression and thermoelectric heat pumps for a cascade distillation subsystem: design and experiment
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Erickson, Lisa R. Ungar, Eugene K. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | Humans on a spacecraft require significant amounts of water for drinking, food, hydration, and hygiene. Maximizing the reuse of wastewater while minimizing the use of consumables is critical for long duration space exploration. One of the more promising consumable-free methods of reclaiming wastewater is the distillation/condensation process used in the Cascade Distillation Subsystem (CDS). The CDS heats wastewater to the point of vaporization then condenses and cools the resulting water vapor. The CDS wastewater flow requires heating for evaporation and the product water flow requires cooling for condensation. Performing the heating and cooling processes separately would require two separate units, each of which would demand large amounts of electrical power. Mass, volume, and power efficiencies can be obtained by heating the wastewater and cooling the condensate in a single heat pump unit. The present work describes and compares two competing heat pump methodologies that meet the needs of the CDS: 1) a series of mini compressor vapor compression cycles and 2) a thermoelectric heat exchanger. In the paper, the CDS system level requirements are outlined, the designs of the two heat pumps are described in detail, and the results of heat pump analysis and performance tests are provided. The mass, volume, and power requirement for each heat pump option is compared and the advantages and disadvantages of each system are listed. |
| File Size | 699109 |
| Page Count | 13 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140000959 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5t77d826 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-09-10 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Distillation Water Performance Tests Heat Pumps Consumables Spacecrew Supplies Systems Engineering Evaporation Heat Exchangers Thermoelectricity Water Reclamation Waste Water Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
