Interface problems between material recycling systems and plants.
A most important problem to creating a CELSS system to be used in space, for example, for a Lunar Base or Manned Mars mission, seems to be how to design and operate the various material recycling systems to be used on the missions.  Recent studies of a Lunar Base habitat have identified examples of CELSS configurations to be used for the Plant Cultivation Module.  Material recycling subsystems to be installed in the Plant Cultivation Modules are proposed to consist of various sub-systems, such as dehumidifiers, oxygen separation systems, catalytic wet oxidation systems, nitrogen adjusting systems, including tanks, and so on.  The required performances of such various material recycling subsystems are determined based on precise metabolic data of derived from the various species of plants to be selected and investigated.  The plant metabolic data, except that for wheat and potato, has not been fully collected at the present time.  Therefore, much additional plant cultivation data is required to determine the performances of each material recycling subsystem introduced in Plant Cultivation Modules.
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Space Technology Research Group, National Aerospace Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
Oguchi
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Otsubo
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D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D004779:Environment Design; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D006801:Humans; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016081:Moon; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D063245:Plant Development; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation; D018511:Systems Integration; D014908:Triticum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D018505:Waste Management; D014893:Weightlessness
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen