An atmosphere recycler, also referred to as an atmospheric recycler, or O2 recycler, was a component of a life support system that was responsible for recycling old atmosphere into breathable oxygen.
O2 recyclers were standard equipment aboard mid-22nd century Earth shuttlepod. (ENT: "Exile") Simultaneously they were used aboard stasis pods maintained by the Retellians. (ENT: "Precious Cargo")
NX-class starships were equipped with several atmosphere processors. When Enterprise NX-01 was thrown back in time, the crew made several improvements to the vessel over the next century, including the doubling of the efficiency of the ship's atmosphere processors. (ENT: "E²")
Upon inspection of the automated Romulan drone ship, boarded by Charles Tucker III and Malcolm Reed, Tucker was unable to find anything that resembled an atmosphere recycler on board the ship. (ENT: "Babel One")
Atmospheric recyclers were one of the components used in 24th century Starfleet EV suits. (VOY: "Prey")
See also[]
- Atmospheric recycle and processing subsystem
- Atmospheric recycling manifold
- Recyclic life support system