title: The food-process subsystem for CELSS:   a conceptual analysis.
abstract: A controlled ecological life support system (CELSS) is required to sustain life for future long-duration space missions.  Food processing is an important subsystem component of a CELSS.  Factors for designing the food-process subsystem are identified and characterized in this analysis.  Interactions of the subsystem with other subsystems in a CELSS are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D004032:Diet; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D005511:Food Handling / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005523:Food Supply / Q000295:instrumentation; D005524:Food Technology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009753:Nutritive Value; D013026:Space Flight; D018511:Systems Integration; D018505:Waste Management; D014893:Weightlessness