University of South Florida

The United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of the

Ahmet Erkan Uman

Daniel H Yeh

Luke Roberson

Robert A Bair

Melanie Pickett

Talon Bullard

Provided herein are systems and methods for treating a wastewater stream. In one embodiment, a wastewater stream is treated using a settling tank, a membrane feed tank, and at least one filtration unit.

Systems and methods for treating a wastewater stream

A modular system for waste treatment, water recycling, and resource recovery includes a buffer tank to receive and pre-treat raw organic waste, at least one reactor tank configured as an anaerobic bioreactor that receives and digests pre-treated waste from the buffer tank, a membrane module having a membrane configured to filter waste from the digested waste from the at least one reactor tank to produce a permeate, a permeate collection tank configured to collect and store the permeate generated by the membrane module, a pump system having a plurality of pumps, and a control system configured to monitor the flow of waste and to control the pump system to control the flow of waste between the buffer tank, the at least one reactor tank, the membrane module, and the permeate collection tank.

Modular system for waste treatment, water recycling, and resource recovery in a space environment

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Tampa, FL, United States of America

Ahmet Erkan Uman