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3D printed aeroponic tray nutrient delivery system for bioregenerative life support systems

Mohamad Hilmi, Mohamad Hizami und Vrakking, Vincent und Dong, Chen und Bamsey, Matthew und Schubert, Daniel (2016) 3D printed aeroponic tray nutrient delivery system for bioregenerative life support systems. 46th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 10-14 July 2016, Vienna, Austria. (nicht veröffentlicht)

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Bioregenerative systems incorporating higher plants are recognized as a promising life support system option for future long-duration space missions. Aeroponic nutrient delivery systems have been regarded as a suitable method to grow plants in space due to their low mass penalty compared to soil cultivation and traditional hydroponics. Presently the German Aerospace Center’s EDEN research team has been utilizing standard Euro boxes/trays as aeroponic root zone compartments. The boxes have been modified to incorporate aeroponic tubing with misters and include manually constructed covers to hold the plants. Several limitations with this approach have been identified including seed pinching, presence of stray light, and adaptation to plant spacing over time. A new custom tray is designed firstly utilizing strong plastic holders replacing rubber holders to be plugged into traytop holes. Pressure surrounding the seed is eliminated to prevent pinching. Black coloured body is chosen together with side protrusion on its traytop to block stray light. The new design is also complete with traytop variants to accommodate growing plants and increased canopy cover. The variants include 4-hole, 2-hole and single-hole traytops. The root compartment also includes several added sections to cope with growing plant roots. Feedlines for the misters are placed outside the container to facilitate better cleaning and the container floor is elevated with a 3° angle to direct water to its drain hole. Seal rings and rubber strips are added onto the plastic pucks and their insert location on the traytop to seal off against water leakage. Extra parts, rock-wool holders and crop-stands, are also made for cultivating various other target plants. 3D printing was chosen to build test prototypes. Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene was selected as the build material for its good surface finish, robustness, durability and water resistance. Issues with the current aeroponic trays are solved through the custom designed aeroponic trays. Further developments can be done through implementing a technique for better surface finish on angled surfaces and larger printing sizes. These aeroponic trays are planned to be utilized in the EDEN ISS Antarctic greenhouse module project and within future microgravity/planetary surface plant production systems.

elib-URL des Eintrags:https://elib.dlr.de/110685/
Dokumentart:Konferenzbeitrag (Poster)
Titel:3D printed aeroponic tray nutrient delivery system for bioregenerative life support systems
Autoren:
AutorenInstitution oder E-Mail-AdresseAutoren-ORCID-iDORCID Put Code
Mohamad Hilmi, Mohamad HizamiMohamad.BinMohamadHilmi (at) dlr.deNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Vrakking, Vincentvincent.vrakking (at) dlr.deNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Dong, Chenchen.dong (at) dlr.deNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Bamsey, MatthewdlrNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Schubert, Danieldaniel.schubert (at) dlr.deNICHT SPEZIFIZIERTNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Datum:2016
Referierte Publikation:Nein
Open Access:Ja
Gold Open Access:Nein
In SCOPUS:Nein
In ISI Web of Science:Nein
Status:nicht veröffentlicht
Stichwörter:Bioregenerative life support systems, aeroponics, plant production systems
Veranstaltungstitel:46th International Conference on Environmental Systems
Veranstaltungsort:Vienna, Austria
Veranstaltungsart:internationale Konferenz
Veranstaltungsdatum:10-14 July 2016
HGF - Forschungsbereich:Luftfahrt, Raumfahrt und Verkehr
HGF - Programm:Raumfahrt
HGF - Programmthema:Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen
DLR - Schwerpunkt:Raumfahrt
DLR - Forschungsgebiet:R FR - Forschung unter Weltraumbedingungen
DLR - Teilgebiet (Projekt, Vorhaben):R - Projekt eu:cropis (alt)
Standort: Bremen
Institute & Einrichtungen:Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme > Systemanalyse Raumsegment
Hinterlegt von: Bamsey, Matthew
Hinterlegt am:17 Jan 2017 11:36
Letzte Änderung:31 Jul 2019 20:07

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