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Sample of Linked Projects
 
bullet Developer and designer of the initial  bench scale  VPCAR water recovery system for  NASA, Ames Research Center- 1985 - Proceeding of the 16th ICES-  SAE Conference, P177,  1986- Features of the system:
bulletDual -catalyst system
bulletThermodynamically modeled  integration 
bulletMicro-gravity  design
bulletAutomated  operation
bulletCompact packaging
bulletHigh quality drinking water

VPCAR in the News -2005 (current status):

The VPCAR System.....an Order of Magnitude Better....

"If  we are going to Mars tomorrow, this is the water treatment system astronauts might well use."

Pictures of NASA's VPCAR

NASA's Advanced Life Support : Air Revitalization

bullet Developer of a catalytic system for detoxification of major groundwater pollutants, such as,  TCE and PCE (1994):

US Patent: A System for Performing Catalytic Dehalogenation of Aqueous/Non-aqueous Streams 

Researchers at Rice University (2005)confirm the importance of our 1994 patented alumina supported palladium catalytic system for detoxification of TCE contaminated groundwater reservoirs.

bulletThermodynamic Model:

The Rasouli Williams Model

ASHRAE Website

Queen's University (Belfast) Website-Page 142

bulletIndoor Air Quality Studies:

Gas Phase Acid Measurements at the GRI Conventional Research House

Nitrogen Dioxide Measurement Method Characterization at the GRI Conventional Research House
bulletMiscellaneous Interests:

Space and Astronomy-1st publication

High School Photos-San Don Bosco (Tehran)

 Initial VPCAR Potable Water System 1985

16th ICES- Conference,  P 177 ( 1986)