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OCAM - A CELSS Modeling Tool: Description and Results
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Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) technology is critical to the Space Exploration Initiative. NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has been performing CELSS research tor several years, developing data related to CELSS design. We have developed OCAM (Object-oriented CELSS Analysis and Modeling), a CELSS modeling tool, and have used this tool to evaluate CELSS concepts, using this data.
In using OCAM, a CELSS is broken down into components, and each component is modeled as a combination of containers, converters and gates which store, process and exchange carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen on a daily basis. Multiple crops and plant types can be simulated. Resource recovery options modeled include combustion, leaching, enzyme treatment, aerobic or anaerobic digestion, and mushroom and fish growth.
Simulation results include printouts and time-history graphs of total system mass, biomass, carbon dioxide, and oxygen quantities; energy consumption; and manpower requirements. The contributions of mass, energy, and manpower to system cost have been analyzed to compare configurations and determine appropriate research directions.
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Drysdale, A., Thomas, M., Fresa, M., and Wheeler, R., "OCAM - A CELSS Modeling Tool: Description and Results," SAE Technical Paper 921241, 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/921241.Also In
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