Energy and Volume Costs for Growing Plants in a Closed Environment 941541
This paper employs a simplified model of an air conditioning and delivery system, and a lighting source to calculate the energy and volume costs associated with growing plants in a closed environment. Some empirical data, drawn from the testing of the Engineering Development Unit of the CELSS Test Facility have been incorporated in the model. The analysis of the results suggests that operating requirements imposed upon a similar system need to be carefully examined in terms of their energy and volume costs, as these may be substantial, particularly under Space Flight conditions.
Citation: Zografos, A. and Yendler, B., "Energy and Volume Costs for Growing Plants in a Closed Environment," SAE Technical Paper 941541, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/941541. Download Citation
Author(s):
Antonios I. Zografos, Boris Yendler
Affiliated:
Bionetics Corp.
Pages: 8
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Air conditioning
Test facilities
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