Nasa's zero gee water system.

From space.moderated:

ScienceDaily.com has the NASA press release on the US ELCSS water
recovery efforts:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041114233648.htm
from
http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/news/news/releases/2004/04-280.html


quote
NASA Advances Water Recycling For Space Travel And Earth Use
Source: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
Date: 2004-11-16

Would Columbus have reached the New World if his ships could not carry
enough water for their crews? Would Lewis and Clark have made it to
the Pacific if they had no fresh water along the way?

The answer is probably no, because water is just as precious to
explorers as it is to everyone on Earth. Water is one of the most
crucial provisions astronauts need to live and work in space, whether
orbiting Earth, working at a lunar base or traveling to Mars. That's
why NASA is following several different but complementary avenues at
four agency centers to develop dependable ways of recycling water
[....]
/quote

caption class="photo"
At NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, Calif., a water
recycler enabling reuse for three years without resupply is being
developed on a timeline to fit into exploration plans, according to
ARC scientist Michael Flynn. A preliminary engineering development
unit can hourly recycle 13.2 pounds, about one gallon, of waste into
drinkable water. (Photo courtesy of NASA's Ames Research Center)
/caption

I think the following produces the gallon per hour, but there is no mention
of mass or power used.
http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/release...car/vpcar.html
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Earl Colby Pottinger wrote:
[...]
I think the following produces the gallon per hour, but there is no
mention of mass or power used.
http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/release...car/vpcar.html

One can make a guess at a minimum mass from photos such as Photo No.
ACD04-0053-003, on that page. Where did you find the GPH? Reading it off
the dial? The left-column links look to be generic newsroom.

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If we didn't loose water we wouldn't need to take any in. Someday there will
be a pill for that.


"Earl Colby Pottinger" wrote in message
...
From space.moderated:

ScienceDaily.com has the NASA press release on the US ELCSS water
recovery efforts:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041114233648.htm
from
http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/news/news/releases/2004/04-280.html


quote
NASA Advances Water Recycling For Space Travel And Earth Use
Source: NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center
Date: 2004-11-16

Would Columbus have reached the New World if his ships could not carry
enough water for their crews? Would Lewis and Clark have made it to
the Pacific if they had no fresh water along the way?

The answer is probably no, because water is just as precious to
explorers as it is to everyone on Earth. Water is one of the most
crucial provisions astronauts need to live and work in space, whether
orbiting Earth, working at a lunar base or traveling to Mars. That's
why NASA is following several different but complementary avenues at
four agency centers to develop dependable ways of recycling water
[....]
/quote

caption class="photo"
At NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, Calif., a water
recycler enabling reuse for three years without resupply is being
developed on a timeline to fit into exploration plans, according to
ARC scientist Michael Flynn. A preliminary engineering development
unit can hourly recycle 13.2 pounds, about one gallon, of waste into
drinkable water. (Photo courtesy of NASA's Ames Research Center)
/caption

I think the following produces the gallon per hour, but there is no
mention
of mass or power used.
http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/release...car/vpcar.html
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