Sergey Polyakov


Sergey Vladimirovich Polyakov is a Russian-American scientist performing research for USPolyResearch. He is best known for his R&D in space technology and chemical engineering including the theoretical and experimental studies of the performance of life support systems for Soviet interplanetary spaceships and the MIR and ALPHA orbital stations using a in the . Developed an integrated approach to the design of air revitalization and water reclamation/conditioning system from human wastes on the basis of energy-efficient membrane and depth-filtration methods.

Biography

Sergey Polyakov received MS in engineering physics from the Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute, PhD in space technology from the . His major job track record includes the leading engineer and research consultant in the LSS department of the ; head of laboratory at the , Moscow, senior researcher at the All-Russian Nuclear Power Engineering Research and Development Institute, Moscow, and researcher at USPolyResearch, USA.

Major scientific achievements

Sergey Polyakov developed theoretical principles for designing an energy-efficient closed loop system of water reclamation from human wastes for a space flight to Mars, which is based on the combination of membrane and conventional filtration methods, including depth filtration and adsorption. The system prototype was successfully tested in long-term ground-based experiments. Sergey Polyakov also developed a set of original approximate methods for calculating the mass transfer and hydrodynamic characteristics of membrane systems in membrane evaporation, reverse osmosis, and ultra/microfiltration.