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Engineering Approach to Crop Production in Space

우주에서 작물 생산을 위한 공학적 접근

  • Kim Yong-Hyeon (Division of Bioresource Systems Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
  • 김용현 (전북대학교 생물자원시스템공학부)
  • Published : 2005.09.01
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Abstract

This paper reviews the engineering approach needed to support humans during their long-term missions in space. This approach includes closed plant production systems under microgravity or low pressure, mass recycling, air revitalization, water purification, waste management, elimination of trace contaminants, lighting, and nutrient delivery systems in controlled ecological life support system (CELSS). Requirements of crops f3r space use are high production, edibility, digestibility, many culinary uses, capability of automation, short stems, and high transpiration. Low pressure on Mars is considered to be a major obstacle for the design of greenhouses fer crop production. However interest in Mars inflatable greenhouse applicable to planetary surface has increased. Structure, internal pressure, material, method of lighting, and shielding are principal design parameters for the inflatable greenhouse. The inflatable greenhouse operating at low pressure can reduce the structural mass and atmosphere leakage rate. Plants growing at reduced pressure show an increasing transpiration rates and a high water loss. Vapor pressure increases as moisture is added to the air through transpiration or evaporation from leaks in the hydroponic system. Fluctuations in vapor pressure will significantly influence total pressure in a closed system. Thus hydroponic systems should be as tight as possible to reduce the quantity of water that evaporates from leaks. And the environmental control system to maintain high relative humidity at low pressure should be developed. The essence of technologies associated with CELSS can support human lift even at extremely harsh conditions such as in deserts, polar regions, and under the ocean on Earth as well as in space.

본고에서는 우주에서 장기간에 걸쳐 임무를 수행하는 인간의 생명지원을 목적으로 CELSS를 이용한 식물생산, 물과 공기의 정화 및 재생, 폐기물 처리 등을 위한 공학적 접근을 검토하였다. 이러한 공학적 접근에는 미소중력 또는 저압과 같은 우주 환경에 적용 가능한 폐쇄형 식물생산 시스템, 물질 순환, 물의 재생, 폐기물의 처리, 미량 유해가스의 제거, 조명, 배양액의 공급 등이 포함된다. 우주에서 재배 가능한 작물의 선택 기준으로 높은 생산성, 식용성, 소화성, 조리성, 자동화 가능성, 짧은 줄기, 높은 증산속도 등이 제기되고 있다. 화성 표면에서의 낮은 압력은 작물 생산용 온실을 설계할 때 주요 장애물에 해당한다. 때문에 저압하에서 식물 재배가 가능한 팽창식 온실의 개발에 관심이 집중되고 있다. 팽창식 온실의 구조, 내부 압력, 자재, 조명 방식, 방사선 차폐 등은 주요 설계 인자에 해당한다. 팽창식 온실 내의 낮은 압력은 구조물의 질량과 가스의 누출속도를 줄일 수 있다. 저압 조건에서는 증산속도가 급격하게 증가하여 식물의 수분요구도가 높게 나타난다. 증산 또는 수경재배시스템으로부터의 증발에 의해서 수분이 대기 중으로 방출될 때 증기압이 증가한다. 저압 조건에 있는 폐쇄계에서는 증기압의 변화가 전체 압력에 커다란 영향을 미친다. 그러므로 저압 조건의 수경재배시스템은 누수로 인하여 기화되는 수분 손실을 줄이기 위해서 고도로 밀폐되어야 한다. 또한 저압으로 유지되는 온실내의 상대습도를 높게 유지할 수 있는 환경제어 기술이 개발되어야 한다. 향후 폐쇄생태계 생명유지 시스템의 핵심 기술은 우주뿐만 아니라 지구상의 사막, 극지방 또는 해저와 같은 열악한 환경 조건에서도 생명 지원을 가능케 할 것이다.

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