Technology tradeoffs related to advanced mission waste processing |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Chemistry of Materials (LCM), Faculty of Applied and Exact Sciences, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, BP 1524, Oran El M''Naouer, Oran, Algeria;2. Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, BP 1510, Oran El M''Naouer, Oran, Algeria;3. Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC-University of Granada), Avda. de las Palmeras, 4, 18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain;1. Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium;2. Research Group of Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology, Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium;3. Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium;4. Section Sanitary Engineering, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628CN Delft, The Netherlands;5. Department of Food Quality and Food Safety, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium;6. In Vitro Biology and Horticulture Lab, Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 653 Coupure Links, 9000 Gent, Belgium;1. Environmental Sustainability Research Group, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50275, Indonesia;2. Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang 50229, Indonesia;3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50275, Indonesia;1. ECOSPHERE Research Group, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium;2. Ghent University, Green Chemistry and Technology, STEN Research Group, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;3. Flanders Marine Institute, Wandelaarkaai 7, B8400 Ostend, Belgium;4. Ghent University, GhEnToxLab, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;5. School of Biological and Marine Science, University of Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA Plymouth, United Kingdom;6. AZTI, Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Herrera Kaia, Portualdea s/n, 20110 Pasaia, Spain;7. European Marine Board, Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium;8. Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, United Kingdom;9. Flanders Research Institute of Agriculture, Fishery and Food, Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400 Oostende, Belgium;10. Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Science, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Vautierstraat 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium;1. University of Johannesburg, Applied Information Systems, South Africa;2. University of Johannesburg, Postgraduate School of Engineering Management, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Manned missions to the Moon and Mars will produce waste, both in liquid and solid form, from the day-to-day life-support functions of the mission—even considering a “closed” physico-chemical life support approach. An “open” life support system configuration, even one reliant on in situ resources, would result in even more waste being produced. The solution for short term missions appears to be either to store these wastes on-site or to convert them to useful products needed by other systems such as methane, water and gases which could be used for propulsion. The solution for longer term missions appears to be to incorporate their use within the life support system itself by making them a part of a closed ecological life-support system where nearly all materials are recycled.This paper discusses briefly the extent and impact of the life-support system waste production problem for a lunar base for different life support system configurations, including the impact of using in situ resources to meet life support requirements. It then discusses in more detail trade-offs among six of the currently funded physico-chemical waste processing technologies being considered for use in space. |
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