On the Development of Advanced Life Support Systems Maximally Reliant on Biological Systems 981535
Distant and/or long-term missions, particularly Mars and lunar bases, will require a high degree of regenerative systems utilization. Bio-regenerative systems inherently lend themselves to integrative application, and can serve multiple processing functions in Advanced Life Support (ALS) systems. Striving for maximal use of bio-regenerative systems can reveal possibilities and relationships difficult to conceptualize within the context of a “unit process” methodology common to physico-chemical (P/C) systems. The required regenerative functions of biomass production and solid, liquid, and air processing are discussed, and a potential integrated ALS system scenario including “soil'based” plant production is developed to illustrate potential ramifications of biological (and P/C) system integration.
Citation: Hogan, J., Cowan, R., Joshi, J., Strom, P. et al., "On the Development of Advanced Life Support Systems Maximally Reliant on Biological Systems," SAE Technical Paper 981535, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/981535. Download Citation
Author(s):
John A. Hogan, Robert M. Cowan, Jitendra A. Joshi, Peter F. Strom, Melvin S. Finstein
Affiliated:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Pages: 16
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1998 Transactions - Journal of Aerospace-V107-1
Related Topics:
Life support systems
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