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Biomass production chamber air analysis of wheat study (BWT931)NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) biomass production chamber at John F. Kennedy Space Center provides a test bed for bioregenerative studies using plants to provide food, oxygen, carbon dioxide removal, and potable water to humans during long term space travel. Growing plants in enclosed environments has brought about concerns regarding the level of volatile organic compounds (VOC's) emitted from plants and the construction materials that make up the plant growth chambers. In such closed systems, the potential exists for some VOC's to reach toxic levels and lead to poor plant growth, plant death, or health problems for human inhabitants. This study characterized the air in an enclosed environment in which wheat cv. Yocora Rojo was grown. Ninty-four whole air samples were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry throughout the eighty-four day planting. VOC emissions from plants and materials were characterized and quantified.
Document ID
19940009239
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Batten, J. H. (Bionetics Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Peterson, B. V. (Bionetics Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Berdis, E. (Bionetics Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Wheeler, E. M. (Bionetics Corp. Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1993
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:109192
NASA-TM-109192
Accession Number
94N13712
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS10-11624
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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