MICROWAVE REGENERABLE AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE MRAPD UMPQUA Research Company Myrtle Creek, OR

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MICROWAVE REGENERABLE AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE
(MRAPD)UMPQUA Research CompanyMyrtle Creek, OR
Small Business Innovation Research
INNOVATION MRAPD technology utilizes microwave
power to rapidly and efficiently regenerate
important sorbents used to purify air.
Microwaves transfer energy directly to the
sorbent, resulting in efficient thermal
regeneration.

• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Efficient microwave induced thermal desorption of
  media beds containing airborne carbon dioxide,
  water vapor, and trace organic contaminants, with
  minimal input power levels has been demonstrated.
• Regeneration of activated carbon and molecular
  sieves 5A and 13X has been demonstrated.
• Sorbent media is contained in novel Waveguide
  Sorbent Cartridges allowing for a high level of
  portability and flexibility in the regeneration
  of sorbents.
• MRAPD provides improved speed and efficiency over
  conventional conductive or convective heat
  regeneration techniques.

Prototype MRAPD

• COMMERCIALIZATION
• A prototype MRAPD is available at URC for use as
  a Technology Demonstrator for commercial
  applications and to facilitate further
  development.
• Efforts are underway to solicit interest in the
  environmental remediation industry. A startup
  company has been formed that will pursue
  commercialization of this and other URC
  technologies.

GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS The MRAPD
technology is directed toward the need to
minimize expendables for extended manned missions
in space. The primary application of this
technology will be for the International Space
Station and future Moon base and Mars missions.
1997 Phase II, NAS2-97014, date 6/27/01 NASA
Contact - Bernadette Luna, Ames Research
Center Company Contact - James E. Atwater,
e-mail jatwater_at_urcmail.net
Ames Research Center - SS-2-027 Extravehicular
Activity