Expanding the human experience into the far reaches of space will require the development of regenerable life support systems. A key element of these systems is a means for solid waste resource recovery.

AFR conducts research and product development on the use of pyrolysis processing and incineration as a method for the conversion of solid waste materials into energy and other useful byproducts.

Torrefaction Processing Spacecraft Solid Waste

Pyrolysis Processing for Trash to Supply Gas (TtSG)

Effect of Trace-Contaminant Sorbent Monolith Geometry on Sorbent Performance

Gas Evolution from Torrefaction Processing of Human Solid Wastes

Effect of Carbonization Conditions on the Performance of Ammonia Sorbents Derived from PEEK

Pressure-Swing Adsorption of Trace Contaminants Using Carbon Sorbent Monoliths

Optimization of a Spacecraft Torrefaction Processing Unit (TPU) for Human Metabolic Waste

Equivalent System Mass (ESM) Analysis for the UWMS

Pyrolysis for Solid Resource Recovery in Space

Solid Waste Resource Recovery

Prototype Pyrolyzer for Solid Waste