This disclosure provides an integrated system and method for producing purified water, hydrogen, and oxygen from contaminated water. The contaminated water may be derived from regolith-based resources on the moon, Mars, near-Earth asteroids, or other destination in outer space. The integrated system and method utilize a cold trap to receive the contaminated water in a vapor phase and selectively freeze out water from one or more volatiles. A heat source increases temperature in the cold trap to vaporize the frozen contaminated water to produce a gas stream of water vapor and volatiles. A chemical scrubber may remove one or more volatiles. The integrated system and method utilize ionomer membrane technology to separate the water vapor from remaining volatiles. The water vapor is delivered for crew use or delivered to an electrolyzer to produce hydrogen and oxygen.

This disclosure provides an integrated system and method for producing purified water, hydrogen, and oxygen from contaminated water. The contaminated water may be derived from regolith-based resources on the moon, Mars, near-Earth asteroids, or other destination in outer space. The integrated system and method utilize a cold trap to receive the contaminated water in a vapor phase and selectively freeze out water from one or more volatiles. A heat source increases temperature in the cold trap to vaporize the frozen contaminated water to produce a gas stream of water vapor and volatiles. A chemical scrubber may remove one or more volatiles. The integrated system and method utilize ionomer membrane technology to separate the water vapor from remaining volatiles. The water vapor is delivered for crew use or delivered to an electrolyzer to produce hydrogen and oxygen.

This disclosure provides an integrated system and method for producing purified water, hydrogen, and oxygen from contaminated water. The contaminated water may be derived from regolith-based resources on the moon, Mars, near-Earth asteroids, or other destination in outer space. The integrated system and method utilize a cold trap to receive the contaminated water in a vapor phase and selectively freeze out water from one or more volatiles. A heat source increases temperature in the cold trap to vaporize the frozen contaminated water to produce a gas stream of water vapor and volatiles. A chemical scrubber may remove one or more volatiles. The integrated system and method utilize ionomer membrane technology to separate the water vapor from remaining volatiles. The water vapor is delivered for crew use or delivered to an electrolyzer to produce hydrogen and oxygen.

An article that includes a functionalized copolymer and the use thereof, particularly in a process for binding biomaterials, such as in a process for separating aggregated proteins from monomeric proteins in a biological solution; wherein the article includes: a) a porous substrate; and b) a copolymer covalently attached to the porous substrate, the copolymer comprising a hydrocarbon backbone and a plurality of pendant groups attached to the hydrocarbon backbone, wherein 1) each of a first plurality of pendant groups comprises: (a) at least one acidic group or salt thereof; and (b) a spacer group that directly links the at least one acidic group or salt thereof to the hydrocarbon backbone by a chain of at least 6 catenated atoms; and 2) each of a second plurality of pendant groups comprises: (a) at least one acidic group or salt thereof; and (b) a spacer group that directly links the at least one acidic group or salt thereof to the hydrocarbon backbone by a chain of at least 6 catenated atoms; and wherein the first plurality of pendant groups are different than the second plurality of pendant groups; and wherein a mole ratio of the first plurality of pendant groups to the second plurality of pendant groups is in a range of 95:5 to 5:95.

A method for making a titania-polymer nanocomposite by simultaneously forming TiO.sub.2 nanoparticles in situ from a TiO.sub.2 precursor in the presence of urea and interfacially polymerizing polyamide precursors thereby producing a titania-polymer nanocomposite. A titania-polymer nanocomposite made by this method. A method for removing a dye or metal from water comprising contacting contaminated water with the titania-polymer nanocomposite.

A device for separating components of a gas mixture includes a hollow housing having a body portion at a first end, a separable end cap at a second end, and at least one side wall. The housing has an inlet port for the gas mixture, a permeate outlet port for gas mixture enriched with a first component of the mixture, and a retentate outlet port for gas mixture enriched with a second component of the mixture. An insert within the housing comprises a plurality of hollow fibres of a material which are more permeable to the first component than the second. The housing defines passageways for gas to flow between the inlet port and the permeate and retentate outlet ports. The insert is fastened to the end cap at least temporarily so that the insert is withdrawn from within the housing when the end cap is removed.

The invention relates to a method for producing a device for material exchange between two mediums, in which at least one mat of semipermeable hollow fibres (3) is wound onto a winding core (2), which has at least one core opening (2a) in its outer surface for a first in- or out-flowing medium, and the winding core (2) is arranged in an axially extending housing (1) having at least one housing opening (1a) for the first in- or out-flowing medium and the axial end regions of the housing (1) are sealed by an adhesive (4) arranged around the hollow fibres (3), wherein at least one chamber region (5) surrounding the hollow fibres (3) is formed via the adhesion between the axial end regions (1b, 1c) of the housing (1) and between the winding core (2) and the housing (1), through which chamber region the first medium can flow via the core opening (2a) and the housing opening (1a), wherein the axial distance between the core opening (2a) and the housing opening (1a) is adjusted to a desired value of multiple possible values via the axial shifting of the winding core (2) relative to the hollow fibre winding (3) arranged around the winding core (2) and relative to the housing (1), and the hollow fibres (3) are adhered to the side of the housing (1) near to the housing opening (1a) in a region between the axial end surface of the housing and the housing opening (1a), and the hollow fibres (3) are adhered to the side of the housing (1) near to the core opening (2a) in a region between the axial end surface of the housing and the core opening (2a). The invention also relates to a number of multiple devices for material exchange between two mediums, wherein all devices comprise at least identical housings (1) and winding cores (2) that are identical at least in regions.

Provided are a wiring base plate and the like including an insulating substrate including a first surface portion including an aluminum oxide-based sintered body and a mullite-based sintered body; and a metallization layer including a second surface portion, the second surface portion containing at least one of a manganese compound and a molybdenum compound and being in contact with the first surface portion of the insulating substrate; wherein the second surface portion of the metallization layer and the first surface portion of the insulating substrate contain at least one of a manganese silicate phase and a magnesium silicate phase.

Provided are a methane-selective composite membrane comprising: a UiO-66 type organic-inorganic composite nanoporous material, a MIL-100 type organic-inorganic composite nanoporous material, or a ZIF-8 type organic-inorganic composite nanoporous material to which a methane-selective functional group is introduced for selectively separating methane from a gas mixture containing methane/nitrogen, a use thereof, and a method of preparing the same.

Provided are a methane-selective composite membrane comprising: a UiO-66 type organic-inorganic composite nanoporous material, a MIL-100 type organic-inorganic composite nanoporous material, or a ZIF-8 type organic-inorganic composite nanoporous material to which a methane-selective functional group is introduced for selectively separating methane from a gas mixture containing methane/nitrogen, a use thereof, and a method of preparing the same.