Biologically treated wastewater for NFT plant production in space

Adriana Begeer; Andrew Jackson; Audra Morse

doi:10.4271/2003-01-2681

Biologically treated wastewater for NFT plant production in space

Adriana Begeer, Andrew Jackson, Audra Morse

Civil Environ Construct Engineering

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This research compared the nutrient content of the Biological Water Processor (BWP) effluent at JSC with acceptable nutrient ranges for general hydroponic NFT-solutions. Evaluated nutrient-components were NO₃-N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn, B, Cu and Mo. Compared to Cooper's and Molyneaux's solution (Jones, 1997) BWP-nutrient concentrations were low for Ca, Mg, Fe and B. Compared to the NFT-solution used at KSC (Wheeler et al., 1997), the BWP-effluent showed higher contents of P, K, Zn, Cu and Mo and lower contents of N, Ca, Mg, Fe and B. This indicates that the BWP-effluent could support NFT-plant production.

Original language	English
Journal	SAE Technical Papers
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2681
State	Published - 2003
Event	33rd International Conference on Environmental Systems, ICES 2003 - Vancouver, BC, Canada Duration: Jul 7 2003 → Jul 10 2003

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