Contribution of Buffer (Absorption) Capacities to Stability of Closed Ecological Systems with Accelerated Treatment of Plant Biomass
- Paper number
IAC-07-A1.6.02
- Author
Mr. Yevhen Holubnyak, UND, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Vadim Rygalov, University of North Dakota, United States
- Year
2007
- Abstract
This work is an attempt to analyze the process of plant Biomass incineration as a source of carbon dioxide for continuous plant photosynthesis and growth in closed environments. Incineration provided for fast carbon return into the atmosphere of Closed Ecological Systems (CES) supplies also toxic gaseous agents inhibiting photosynthetic processes. Analysis of experimental data from different tests and math-modeling have demonstrated that certain combination between rate of biomass production (and consequently incineration) and system’s buffer capacities exists. When the limiting value for of intensity of production processes and rate of material turnover is exceeded the gaseous toxic agents destroy the system. This value is directly proportional to CES buffer capacities and non-linearly dependant on the tolerance of plant component. Ratios had been derived and suggested for further analysis regarding balance between absorption capacities of the system and rate of material turnover required for stable CES functioning.
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