- Author
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Nevill, G. E., Jr.
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Hessel, M. I., Jr.
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Wright, J.
- Title
- Design of Components for the NASA OCEAN Project.
- Coporate
- University of Florida, Gainesville
- Sponsor
- NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL
Universities Space Research Assoc., FL
- Report
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NASw-4435; NASA-CR-197207,
December 1993,
84 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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life support systems
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human beings
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habitability
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carbon monoxide
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smoke
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high temperature
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air flow
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crops
- Identifiers
- Ocean CELSS Experimental Analog NASA Project (OCEAN Project)
- Abstract
- The goal of the Fall 1993 semester of the EGM 4000 class was to design, fabricate, and test components for the "Ocean CELSS Experimental Analog NASA" Project (OCEAN Project) and to aid in the further development of NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS). The OCEAN project's specific aims are to place a human, Mr. Dennis Chamberland from NASA's Life Science Division of Research, into an underwater habitat off the shore of Key Largo, FL for three months. During his stay, he will monitor the hydroponic growth of food crops and evaluate the conditions necessary to have a successful harvest of edible food. The specific designs chosen to contribute to the OCEAN project by theEGM 4000 class are in the areas of hydroponic habitat monitoring, human health monitoring, and production of blue/green algae. The human health monitoring system concentrated on continuously monitoring various concerns of the occupant - Mr. Dennis Chamberland - in the underwater living habitat of the OCEAN project. These concerns included monitoring the enclosed environment for dangerous levels of carbon monoxide and smoke, high temperatures from fire, and the ceasing of the continuous airflow into the habitat.