Toilet Waste Disposal Unit

Sheldon, Howard, and Raj figure out how to fix an exact duplicate of the Wolowitz Zero-Gravity Human Waste Disposal System as deployed on the International Space Station with an approximation of the spare parts available on the Space Station.

The (mockingly referred to as the Wolowitz Zero-Gravity Human Waste Distribution System by Raj) is a malfunctioning space toilet designed for NASA by Howard Wolowitz and deployed on the International Space Station. Appearing in "The Classified Materials Turbulence" and mentioned in "The Benefactor Factor", this is Howard's second achievement in space plumbing, as Howard refers to the Pishkin-Wolowitz Liquid Waste Disposal System in "The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem".

Appearance

While talking with the gang, Howard proudly announces that his space toilet is being deployed on the Space Station International Space Station. After going over the schematics, he realizes he made a "teeny-tiny" mistake on the specifications for the diverter valve, that will cause the toilet fail after about ten flushes. Knowing his career is at stake, he gets Sheldon and Raj to help him find a way to reinforce the structure so the waste material avoids the spinning turbine (keeping waste away from the fan).

Raj suggests using two-inch PVC reinforcing the center cross-support. Once Howard says that it is no good, Raj recommends instead of trying to reinforce the structure, they just run another line, bypass it entirely. Sheldon points out it won't work as the diameter of the tubing is insufficient. Then, Raj asks if they could reposition the collection tank, but Howard reveals there is no way to mount it. Similarly, Howard wants to wedge a little piece of PVC behind the support rod, though, Sheldon informs Wolowitz he's overestimating the tensile strength of the substructure he is building. Raj shows another item instead of the PVC to keep the transverse filter assembly in place, without understanding that it is not a spare part on the Space Station but is rather the plastic device used to keep the cheese from coming in contact with the lid of the pizza box. They eventually test a prototype and Howard notifies NASA with the solution, yet the space toilet apparently still fails. The entire space station crew takes an unscheduled space walk to escape the space station.