MELiSSA: THE EUROPEAN PROJECT OF CLOSED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM

摘要: The MELiSSA (Micro-ecological life-support system) project is intended to be a tool gain understanding of closed systems, and consequently knowledge base for European development regenerative systems long-term manned missions (e.g. lunar base, Mars mission). driving elements are the production food, water, oxygen from organic wastes mission (e.g., urine, CO2,). Inspired by terrestrial “aquatic” ecosystem, process consists five main sub-processes called compartments, anoxygenic thermophilic up photo-autrophic higher plants). choice this compartmentalized structure required very high level space requirements in terms robustness safety. During 20 years project, progressive structured approach has been developed characterize, model, control loop. This starts selection involved sub-processes, its predictive control. on Memorandum Understanding (MOU) managed ESA. It involves roughly 30 organizations encompassing Europe Canada; eleven these organizations, partners, have signed MOU: University Ghent, Mons-Hainault, Studie Centrum voor Kernergie, Vlamish Institute Technology Onderzoek (B), Clermont-Ferrand, Sherpa Engineering, Technomembranes (F), Autonoma de Barcelona (E), Guelph (CDN), IP Star (NL) Space Agency. cofunded ESA, local national authorities. organized phases: basic R&D, preliminary flight experiments, ground demonstration, technology transfer, communication education. More than complete status paper presents an overview recent achievements.