Evaluating and optimizing horticultural regimes in space plant growth facilities.

Autor: Berkovich YA; Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia., Chetirkin PV, Wheeler RM, Sager JC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) [Adv Space Res] 2004; Vol. 34 (7), pp. 1612-8.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.08.080
Abstrakt: In designing innovative space plant growth facilities (SPGF) for long duration space flight, various limitations must be addressed including onboard resources: volume, energy consumption, heat transfer and crew labor expenditure. The required accuracy in evaluating on board resources by using the equivalent mass methodology and applying it to the design of such facilities is not precise. This is due to the uncertainty of the structure and not completely understanding the properties of all associated hardware, including the technology in these systems. We present a simple criteria of optimization for horticultural regimes in SPGF: Qmax = max [M x (EBI)2/(V x E x T], where M is the crop harvest in terms of total dry biomass in the plant growth system; EBI is the edible biomass index (harvest index), V is volume occupied by the crop; E is the crop light energy supply during growth; T is the crop growth duration. The criterion reflects directly on the consumption of onboard resources for crop production.
(c2004 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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