期刊
PROGRESS IN AEROSPACE SCIENCES
卷 91, 期 -, 页码 87-98出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2017.04.002
关键词
Resource recovery; Space; Single cell protein; Food production; Organic waste; Urine; CELSS
资金
- Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO)
In order to sustain human life in an isolated environment, an efficient conversion of wasted nutrients to food might become mandatory. This is particularly the case for space missions where resupply from earth or in-situ resource utilization is not possible or desirable. A combination of different technologies is needed to allow full recycling of e.g. nitrogenous compounds in space. In this review, an overview is given of the different essential processes and technologies that enable closure of the nitrogen cycle in Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS). Firstly, a set of biological and physicochemical refinery stages ensures efficient conversion of waste products into the building blocks, followed by the production of food with a range of biological methods. For each technology, bottlenecks are identified. Furthermore, challenges and outlooks are presented at the integrated system level. Space adaptation and integration deserve key attention to enable the recovery of nitrogen for the production of nutritional food in space, but also in closed loop systems on earth.
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