Browsing by Author "Zabel, Paul"

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    • Crewtime in a Space Greenhouse based on the Operation of the EDEN ISS Greenhouse in Antarctica 

      Zabel, Paul; Zeidler, Conrad; Vrakking, Vincent; Dorn, Markus; Schubert, Daniel (49th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2019-07-07)
      The EDEN ISS project partners deployed a space greenhouse analogue at the Neumayer Station III in Antarctica in January 2018. The greenhouse is incorporated in two interconnected 20 foot shipping containers and positioned ...

    • Design of a Containerized Greenhouse Module for Deployment to the Neumayer III Antarctic Station 

      Bamsey, Matthew T.; Zabel, Paul; Zeidler, Conrad; Poulet, Lucie; Schubert, Daniel; Kohlberg, Eberhard; Graham, Thomas (44th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2014-07-13)
      Designs for an Antarctic plant production system to be deployed at Germany’s Neumayer Station III are presented. Characterization and testing of several key controlled environment agriculture technologies are ongoing at ...

    • Early Trade-offs and Top-Level Requirement Definition for Antarctic Greenhouses 

      Bamsey, Matthew; Zabel, Paul; Zeidler, Conrad; Vrakking, Vincent; Schubert, Daniel; Kohlberg, Eberhard; Stasiak, Michael; Graham, Thomas (46th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2016-07-10)
      The development of plant production facilities for extreme environments presents challenges not typically faced by developers of greenhouses in more traditional environments. Antarctica represents one of the most inhospitable ...

    • EDEN ISS Rack-like food production unit: results after mission in Antarctica 

      Boscheri, Giorgio; Lobascio, Cesare; Zabel, Paul; Marchitelli, Giovanni; Saverino, Antonio (49th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2019-07-07)
      Plant cultivation in large-scale closed environments is challenging and several key technologies necessary for space-based plant production are not yet space-qualified or remain in early stages of development. The Horizon2020 ...

    • Effects on ECLSS Behavior caused by the Start-up of a Food Production Facility 

      Zabel, Paul (2020 International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2020-07-31)
      In the next decades humans will take on the challenges of venturing to the Moon, Mars and other planetary bodies in our solar system. The farther out and the longer the crewed missions get, the more effective is recycling ...

    • Energy and Power Demand of Food Production in Space based on Results of the EDEN ISS Antarctic Greenhouse 

      Zabel, Paul; Vrakking, Vincent; Zeidler, Conrad; Schubert, Daniel (51st International Conference on Environmental Systems, 7/10/2022)
      The EDEN ISS greenhouse is a space-analogue test facility near the German Neumayer III station in Antarctica. The facility is part of the project of the same name and was designed and built since 2015 and eventually deployed ...

    • Future Exploration Greenhouse Design of the EDEN ISS Project 

      Zabel, Paul; Bamsey, Matthew; Zeidler, Conrad; Vrakking, Vincent; Schubert, Daniel; Romberg, Oliver (47th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2017-07-16)
      The Future Exploration Greenhouse (FEG) is the heart of the international EDEN ISS project, which aims to investigate and validate techniques for plant cultivation in future bioregenerative life support systems. The EDEN ...

    • Implications of different plant cultivation techniques for food production in space based on experiments in EDEN ISS 

      Zabel, Paul; Vrakking, Vincent; Zeidler, Conrad; Schubert, Daniel (2020 International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2020-07-31)
      The EDEN ISS greenhouse is a space-analogue test facility near the German Neumayer III station in Antarctica. The facility is part of the project of the same name and was designed and built since 2015 and eventually deployed ...

    • Introducing EDEN ISS - A European project on advancing plant cultivation technologies and operations 

      Zabel, Paul; Bamsey, Matthew; Zeidler, Conrad; Vrakking, Vincent; Johannes, Bernd-Wolfgang; Rettberg, Petra; Schubert, Daniel; Romberg, Oliver; Imhof, Barbara; Davenport, Robert; Hoheneder, Waltraut; Waclavicek, René; Gilbert, Chris; Hogle, Molly; Battistelli, Alberto; Stefanoni, Walter; Moscatello, Stefano; Proietti, Simona; Santi, Gugliemo; NAzzaro, Filomena; Fratianni, Florinda; Coppola, Raffaele; Dixon, Mike; Stasiak, Mike; Kohlberg, Eberhard; Mengedoht, Dirk; Bucchieri, Lorenzo; Mazzoleni, Erik; Fetter, Viktor; Hummel, Thomas; Boscheri, Giorgio; Massobrio, Federico; Lamantea, Matteo; Lobascio, Cesare; Petrini, Alessandro; Adami, Marco; Bonzano, Giuseppe; Fiore, Lorenzo; Dueck, Tom; Stanghellini, Cecilia; Bochenek, Grazyna; Gilley, Anthony; McKeon-Bennett, Michelle; Stutte, Gary; Larkin, Tracey; Moane, Siobhan; Murray, Patrick; Downey, Peter; Fortezza, Raimondo; Ceriello, Antonio (45th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2015-07-12)
      Plant cultivation in large-scale closed environments is challenging and several key technologies necessary for space-based plant production are not yet space-qualified or remain in early stages of development. The EDEN ISS ...

    • Main Performance Results of the EDEN ISS Rack-Like Plant Growth Facility 

      Boscheri, Giorgio; Lamantea, Matteo Maria; Lobascio, Cesare; Volponi, Marco; Schubert, Daniel; Zabel, Paul (47th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2017-07-16)

    • Resource Consumption and Waste Production of the EDEN ISS Space Greenhouse Analogue during the 2018 Experiment Phase in Antarctica 

      Zeidler, Conrad; Vrakking, Vincent; Zabel, Paul; Bamsey, Matthew; Schubert, Daniel (2020 International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2020-07-31)
      EDEN ISS is a European project focused on advancing bio-regenerative life support systems, in particular plant cultivation in space. A mobile test facility was designed and built between March 2015 and October 2017. The ...

    • Review and analysis of plant growth chambers and greenhouse modules for space 

      Zabel, Paul; Bamsey, Matthew; Schubert, Daniel; Tajmar, Martin (44th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2014-07-13)
      The cultivation of higher plants occupies an essential role within bio-regenerative life support systems. It contributes to all major functional aspects by closing the different loops in a habitat like food production, CO2 ...

    • Review of Antarctic Greenhouses and Plant Production Facilities: A Historical Account of Food Plants on the Ice 

      Bamsey, Matthew T.; Zabel, Paul; Zeidler, Conrad; Gyimesi, Dávid; Schubert, Daniel; Kohlberg, Eberhard; Mengedoht, Dirk; Rae, Joanna; Graham, Thomas (45th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2015-07-12)
      Antarctic crews have been transporting plants and their supporting infrastructure to Antarctic field sites since as early as 1902. More than 46 distinct plant production facilities have, at one time or another, operated ...

    • SCALISS: An European Tool for Automated Scaling of Life Support Systems 

      Boscheri, Giorgio; Guarnieri, Vincenzo; Chirico, Stefano; Zabel, Paul; Lasseur, Christophe (47th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2017-07-16)
      Designing the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) for exploration missions to the interplanetary space is a complex task beginning from the definition of the needs (e.g. diet, safety, radiation level,..) ...

    • Service Section Design of the EDEN ISS Project 

      Vrakking, Vincent; Bamsey, Matthew; Zabel, Paul; Zeidler, Conrad; Schubert, Daniel; Romberg, Oliver (47th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2017-07-16)
      The international EDEN ISS project aims to investigate and validate techniques for plant cultivation in future bioregenerative life support systems. To this end the EDEN ISS project partners aim to design and build the ...

    • Status and Future of the EDEN ISS Mobile Test Facility 

      Vrakking, Vincent; Zabel, Paul; Zeidler, Conrad; Schubert, Daniel; Dorn, Markus (2020 International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2020-07-31)
      Within the EDEN ISS project an international consortium designed and built a (semi-)closed loop greenhouse, called the Mobile Test Facility, to investigate and validate techniques for plant cultivation in future bioregenerative ...

    • Status of the EDEN ISS Greenhouse after on-site installation in Antarctica 

      Schubert, Daniel; Bamsey, Matthew; Zabel, Paul; Vrakking, Vincent; Zeidler, Conrad (48th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2018-07-08)
      EDEN ISS is a European project focused on advancing bio-regenerative life support systems, in particular plant cultivation technologies and procedures for space and planetary habitats. Essential Controlled Environment ...

    • Status of the EDEN ISS Rack-like food production unit after five months in Antarctica 

      Boscheri, Giorgio; Volponi, Marco; Zabel, Paul; Marchitelli, Giovanni (48th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2018-07-08)
      Plant cultivation in large-scale closed environments is challenging and several key technologies necessary for space-based plant production are not yet space-qualified or remain in early stages of development. The Horizon2020 ...

    • Summary and Evaluation of the EDEN ISS Public Outreach Activities 

      Zabel, Paul; Zeidler, Conrad; Vrakking, Vincent; Schubert, Daniel; Imhof, Barbara; Hogle, Molly (2020 International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2020-07-31)
      Satellites are not the only platform providing scientists and engineers with access to space. High altitude balloons offer an attractive alternative that, in most cases, can accomplish the same mission objectives at a ...

    • Summary of Research and Outreach Activities during the 2021 Season of the EDEN ISS Antarctic Greenhouse 

      Vrakking, Vincent; Zabel, Paul; Dorn, Markus; Schubert, Daniel; Bunchek, Jess (51st International Conference on Environmental Systems, 7/10/2022)
      The EDEN ISS greenhouse is a space-analogue test facility near the German Neumayer Station III in Antarctica. The greenhouse design, construction, and test phase began in 2015, and the facility was deployed in January 2018. ...