From the Space Station to Your Shower: Delta Faucet Company Sends Research to the ISS
Many well-known companies are leveraging the unique conditions on the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station) U.S. National Laboratory to improve consumer products that people use every day—from Procter and Gamble’s research to enhance household products to Budweiser’s experiments to identify new malt barley varieties and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s investigation to develop advanced materials for consumer tires. Now, Delta Faucet Company is going to space to help improve your shower back on Earth.
Delta Faucet Company is sending an experiment to the ISS National Lab with the goal of refining its commercially available H2OKinetic® shower head technology. The investigation, supported by ISS National Lab Implementation Partner(Abbreviation: IP) Commercial companies that work with the ISS National Lab to provide services related to payload development, including the translation of ground-based science to a space-based platform. Zin Technologies, is scheduled to launch on SpaceX’s 20th commercial resupply services (CRS) mission.
Delta Faucet Company’s innovative H2OKinetic® technology is designed to control the size and speed of water droplets as they leave the shower head. Fewer water drops are used, but because the drops are larger and are moving faster, it creates a feeling of increased pressure using less water. This not only conserves water but also creates a better experience for the user.
On the ISS National Lab, Delta Faucet Company will evaluate water droplet formation and flow in microgravityThe condition of perceived weightlessness created when an object is in free fall, for example when an object is in orbital motion. Microgravity alters many observable phenomena within the physical and life sciences, allowing scientists to study things in ways not possible on Earth. The International Space Station provides access to a persistent microgravity environment. to determine how they might be able to improve their H2OKinetic® technology. Insight gained from this investigation could lead to new designs that allow for more precise control of water droplets to further enhance the ability of the shower head to conserve water.
For more information about all of the ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations on this mission, please visit our SpaceX-CRS-20 launch page.