Performance Evaluation of the Commercial Plant Biotechnology Facility
981666
07/13/1998
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- Content
- The demand for highly flexible manipulation of plant growth generations, modification of specific plant processes, and genetically engineered crop varieties in a controlled environment has led to the development of a Commercial Plant Biotechnology Facility (CPBF). The CPBF is a quad-middeck locker playload to be mounted in the EXPRESS Rack that will be installed in the International Space Station (ISS). The CPBF integrates proven ASTROCULTUREā technologies, state-of-the-art control software, and fault tolerance and recovery technologies together to increase overall system efficiency, reliability, robustness, flexibility, and user friendliness. The CPBF provides a large plant growing volume for the support of commercial plant biotechnology studies and/or applications for long time plant research in a reduced gravity environment. The CPBF consists of six major subsystems: temperature control; humidity control; lighting control; water/nutrient delivery; the atmospheric control, and information (data, command, and video) management. This paper presents the performance evaluation of the temperature, humidity, and lighting subsystems. Evaluations of other subsystems are being conducted.
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- Citation
- Zhou, W., Bula, R., and Duffie, N., "Performance Evaluation of the Commercial Plant Biotechnology Facility," SAE Technical Paper 981666, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/981666.