USS Excalibur Officer's Manual

b) Solid Waste Solid waste includes such items as clothing, packaging and other discarded containers, and small personal articles. These items are conveyed to processing units on the ship where they are scanned and classified as to type of composition. Items that can be recycled are then processed into packets, which can later be used to replicate new material such as uniforms or other containers. c) Hazardous Waste This is all liquid and solid waste, which is considered hazardous materials under toxicity, reactivity, biohazard or radioactivity standards.

Such materials are separated from other waste material and immediately diverted for processing.

3.6.3 Systems Review & Duties The entire waste-recycling unit undergoes constant computer monitoring due to the hazardous materials that rotate through the system.

Each unit should be taken down for standard period maintenance every 300 hours of online use.

3.6.4 Atmospheric Recycling Atmospheric processing modules are found throughout the ship at about 50m3 of habitable ship’s volume.

The device maintains a comfortable class M atmosphere, by removing the CO2 and other waste gases and particulates.

Cruise Mode operational rules specify a 96 hour duty cycle for processing modules, although normal time between scheduled maintenance is approximately 2,000 operating hours.

3.6.5 Turbolift The inspection and maintenance of the three linear motors and Inertial Dampening Field of the Turbolift Car is of primary importance, along with the electromagnetic conduits located along the side of all turboshafts. With acceleration of 10 m/sec 2 the IDF system is crucial to a comfortable ride.