Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular system for waste treatment, water recycling, and resource recovery in a space environment
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Application No.: US17353608Application Date: 2021-06-21
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Publication No.: US11891321B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Daniel H. Yeh , Luke Roberson , Talon Bullard , Melanie Pickett , Robert Bair , Ahmet Erkan Uman
- Applicant: University of South Florida , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
- Applicant Address: US FL Tampa
- Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA,UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIOR OF NASA
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA,UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIOR OF NASA
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Tampa; US DC Washington
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- Main IPC: C02F9/00
- IPC: C02F9/00 ; C02F3/28 ; C02F103/00

Abstract:
A modular system for waste treatment, water recycling, and resource recovery includes a buffer tank to receive and pre-treat raw organic waste, at least one reactor tank configured as an anaerobic bioreactor that receives and digests pre-treated waste from the buffer tank, a membrane module having a membrane configured to filter waste from the digested waste from the at least one reactor tank to produce a permeate, a permeate collection tank configured to collect and store the permeate generated by the membrane module, a pump system having a plurality of pumps, and a control system configured to monitor the flow of waste and to control the pump system to control the flow of waste between the buffer tank, the at least one reactor tank, the membrane module, and the permeate collection tank.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210395125A1 MODULAR SYSTEM FOR WASTE TREATMENT, WATER RECYCLING, AND RESOURCE RECOVERY IN A SPACE ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2021-12-23
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