Basic design concept of Closed Ecology Experiment Facilities.
In order to study the relationship between the physiological metabolism of living things and the environmental factors such as the atmospheric contents and so on within the closed ecosystem, Closed Ecology Experiment Facilities (CEEF) were designed and now under construction based on the following concepts: (1) Individual sealed chambers (called modules) for the plant cultivation, animal breeding, human habitation and microbial waste treatment are to be constructed independently to be able to study the metabolic effects of each living thing on the environmental factors within closed ecosystem. (2) A chamber for the microbial waste treatment are to be replaced with two systems; wet oxidation reactors and chemical nitrogen fixation reactors. (3) Atmospheric control systems are to be independently attached to each module for stabilizing atmospheric contents in each module. (4) Any construction materials having the possibility to absorb oxygen and carbon dioxide are to be prohibited to use in each module for sustaining material balance. (5) Facilities have to be developed so that the closed plant and animal experiments can be done independently, as well as integrated experiments with plants and animals through exchanging foods, carbon dioxide, oxygen, condensed water and nutrient solution.
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Institute for Environmental Sciences, Aomori, Japan.
D000383:Agriculture / Q000639:trends; D000389:Air Conditioning; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000639:trends; D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D004867:Equipment Design; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D018505:Waste Management
D002244:Carbon; D010100:Oxygen