Integration of waste processing and biomass production systems as part of the KSC breadboard project

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1821-1826

  Garland, J L ^a   Mackowiak, C L ^a   Strayer, R F ^a   Finger, B W ^a  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYDROPONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER KSC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PLANT; SEWAGE; SWEATING; URINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NASA CENTER KSC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; HYDROPONICS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MINERALS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URINE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031290217     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00847-8     Document Type: Article

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