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Condensate Recycling in Closed Plant Growth Chambers
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Water used in the Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) Breadboard Project at the Kennedy Space Center is being recycled. Condensation is collected in the air ducts, filtered and deionized, and resupplied to the system for nutrient solutions, supplemental humidification, solvents and diluents. While the system functions well from a process control standpoint, precise and accurate tracking of water movement through the system to answer plant physiological questions is not consistent. Possible causes include hardware errors, undetected vapor loss from chamber leakage, and unmeasured changes in water volume in the plant growth trays.
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Fortson, R., Bledsoe, J., and Sager, J., "Condensate Recycling in Closed Plant Growth Chambers," SAE Technical Paper 941543, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/941543.Also In
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