Future large-scale ALS systems may use hydroponic nutrient delivery systems (NDS) for growing staple and salad crops. Crop performance is strongly dependent on dissolved O2 concentration (DOC), pH, and nutrient content of the hydroponic solution. DOC is influenced by solution temperature and flow rate, growth rate of the crop, and the bacterial community present in the solution. Solution temperature determines the solubility of O2 in water, and may increase as solution volume is reduced to minimize overall system mass. Flow may be altered when the height of the solution bathing the root zone is reduced because of dense root mats. These factors may produce anaerobic pockets where N2 losses by denitrification occur, but without yield losses, as long as sufficient O2 to meet root respiration is supplied. Bacterial communities may compete for DOC with the plants when the NDS is used for recycling gray water streams. Aeration experiments were conducted on a hydroponic system to calculate mass transfer coefficients for O2 as a function of flow rate. These coefficients decreased as flow rate increased, and flow rate was more important than solution temperature in controlling DOC. This analysis was used to suggest minimum flow rates and maximum solution temperatures for meeting gray water recycling O2 demand for a crop growing hydroponically at low light. (Supported by NASA’s Fundamental Space Biology NRA program through NCC-0027).


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    Title :

    Factors Controlling Oxygen Delivery in ALS Hydroponic Systems


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:
    Stutte, G. W. (author) / Garland, J. (author) / Monje, O. (author)

    Conference:

    31st International Conference On Environmental Systems ; 2001



    Publication date :

    2001-07-09




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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