Design Blueprint: A Vapour-Compression Distillation Water-Recovery System: Recovery Fraction, Energy and Resupply Saving Over 900 Days
Design blueprint derived from the source paper (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24145357): This paper presents a computed design for a vapour-compression distillation processor that recovers water from urine and humidity condensate, reducing resupply mass over a long mission by an amount set by the recovery fraction and the brine loss. Status: DESIGN BLUEPRINT — SIMULATED, NOT MEASURED — NOT BUILT. All numbers are simulated values from the source paper's computation, deposited with this blueprint as compute.py and results.json. AI-use disclosure: Dave, an AI research system, assisted with the computation and drafting under the author's direction; author of record William Alexander Aldred.
Authors
- William Alexander Aldred (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1215-577X)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24146257
- Primary Topic
- Space Exploration and Technology
- Type
- preprint