title: Food production and gas exchange system using blue-green alga (Spirulina) for CELSS.
abstract: In order to reduce the cultivation area required for the growth of higher plants in space adoption of algae, which have a higher photosynthetic ability, seems very suitable for obtaining oxygen and food as a useful source of high quality protein. The preliminary cultivation experiment for determining optimum cultivation conditions and for obtaining the critical design parameters of the cultivator itself has been conducted. Spirulina was cultivated in the 6-liter medium containing sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and a cultivation temperature controlled using a thermostat. Generated oxygen gas was separated using a polypropyrene porous hollow fiber membrane module. Through this experiment, oxygen gas (at a concentration of more than 46%) at a rate of 100-150 ml per minute could be obtained.
authors.affiliation: Space Technology Research Group, National Aerospace Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otsubo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatayama
mesh_terms: D000389:Air Conditioning; D000818:Animals; D018533:Biomass; D019149:Bioreactors; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D005523:Food Supply; D008021:Life Support Systems; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010788:Photosynthesis; D011108:Polymers; D017210:Tilapia / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen