An efficient approach for spaceflight solid waste treatment: Co-disposal with hazardous medicine by hydrothermal oxidation process

Spaceflight solid waste (SSW) is different from terrestrial municipal solid waste since it contains quite amount of medicines needing co-disposal sometimes. Harmless co-disposal of the hazardous drug discarded into SSW is extremely important for safe operation of the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) during long-term space missions. In this work, hydrothermal oxidation (HTO) process was proposed for detoxification and...