What sort of system do they use on a space station? I've seen sketches - it's small (has to be!) and does some recycling, though I don't know how much. But if you're not using it in a space station, why are you disposing of the solids? You should be using them as fertiliser to displace use of oil-based 'fertilisers'!
Julian
On 2 Aug 2012, at 14:29, Beto Cruz wrote:
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> thank you Julian..
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> i will join them.
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> But if you donīt mind, i would like to start a discussion thread here about a subject i have been poundering about for a while now.
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> human waste disposal.
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> how far are we from developing a portable device which is able to convert human waste products in energy and sterile compounds?
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> like a bioreactor which uses simple materials, such as salts and acid baths to turn human waste into itīs constituents (volatile organic
compounds and carbon allotropes), or even clay powder injection and a rotor propeller to extrat humidity and grind the remainders to dust?
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> the goal is safe waster disposal and efficient water economy..
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> cheers
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> This discussion group has been pretty dead for a while. As far as I'm concerned the reason is that LinkedIn has several discussion groups related to biomimetics/biomimicry and these have taken over. I suggest that if you want to contribute to or observe some lively discussions, you should join LinkedIn and join
the relevant groups.
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> Julian Vincent
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