EQUIPMENT FOR BENEFICIARY USE OF SUBLIMATED ORGANIC BIOWASTE OF COSMONAUTS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC B64G1/60 B64G1/26 

FIELD: space and aeronautics.

SUBSTANCE: invention is referred to life-support system for manned space vehicles (SV), equipped with gas-jet orientation systems. The equipment is made on the basis of a high-temperature ablation generator (1), which uses sublimated biowaste (2). The latter are kept in a ceramic multiple-use heatproof container (3) with a screw top (4) which has ports (5) for gaseous pyrolysis products discharge (6). Transparent heatproof glass package (7), installed on a focal axis (9) of a cylindrical optic solar concentrator (10), is located from the outside of the container (3), out of the SV (8). The concentrator has a carcase (11) and a reflective plastic film (12) stretched on it, with an aluminum coat (13). Pyrolysis products (b), discharged from the waste (2) heating by a concentrator (10) are sucked by a compressor (14) through the ports (5) in the container top and pipeline (15) into high-pressure tanks (16). The gas from the tanks is used by orientation engines of the SV. Slag (17) after pyrolysis is retrieved from the container (3) and applied as, for example, mineral fertilizer for plants in greenhouses on board of the SV. EFFECT: increased solar energy usage and pyrolysis products, retrieved out of it on board of the SV for the needs of journey program.

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