Oxygen supply and carbon dioxide absorption in long-term life-support systems.
Long-term experiments with animals in space require a life-support system that provides optimal conditions of life at lowest energy demand. Experimental studies of different physicochemical and biological systems are compared. While such experiments are limited by energy requirements, it is possible to choose a certain system by comparing the exact energy balances of the different ecological systems.
Lotz
R G
RG
Universitat Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany.
Fuchs
M E
ME
D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D004867:Equipment Design; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007865:Leeches; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014893:Weightlessness
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen