Design Blueprint: A Vapour-Compression Distillation Water-Recovery System: Recovery Fraction, Energy and Resupply Saving Over 900 Days
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: 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.
Author: Aldred, William Alexander
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225824282