Biologically Treated Wastewater for NFT Plant Production in Space 2003-01-2681
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.
Citation: Begeer, A., Jackson, A., and Morse, A., "Biologically Treated Wastewater for NFT Plant Production in Space," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-2681, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2681. Download Citation
Author(s):
Adriana Begeer, Andrew Jackson, Audra Morse
Affiliated:
Texas Tech University
Pages: 12
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Water treatment
Water pollution
Production
Research and development
Biological sciences
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