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Introduction to using space technologies in water purification to solve the problems in the population life support

Authors: Saltykova M.A.
Published in issue: #5(82)/2023
DOI: 10.18698/2541-8009-2023-5-898
Category: Aviation and Rocket-Space Engineering \| Chapter: Innovation Technologies of Aerospace Engineering
Keywords: life support, water treatment, water supply, water purification and filtering technology, water recovery from condensate, water recovery systems, water saving
Published: 27.05.2023

The paper presents an overview of space technologies for water treatment designed and developed to solve the water supply problems. The K2M water regeneration system is considered, which reproduces pure water from the atmosphere moisture condensate providing a partial cycle closure at the space station. A review was made of international water filtration technologies developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which later found large-scale application on the Earth, as well as of technologies for identifying the underground aquifers with the space radars. In the context of the global population growth, as well as of the development of industry and agriculture, the issue of careful reuse of water resources requires close attention of the science.

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