I need help - supplies and consumables for Space Orbinomics

[n0mad23]

Schmiz,

This is a fantastic resource! The tables alone make this one valuable in its own right. I love pdf's, and it's now in my library of space resources.

Thanks!

 

[ar81]

I came to realize that a DGIV is in a way a portable space station...
Great PDF...

I know that probably some of the processes I described could take place in an incomplete fashion. But what is certain is that it should add variety... Instead of standard 1 supply per crew member per day, you will have something else to care about.

 

[ar81]

I had some nice progress. I finshed the accounting statements, but I still need to work on ratio reports. I am working on leasing and maintenance, and the rest of the features are still pending. Maintenance is starting to look fine in the visuals. I have also started to tweak some of the code to make it easier to maintain.

I have not yet started to implement the waste management features, but I have started to figure out that it should be handled first in a trade screen and later in a manifest screen.

I found that DGIV O2 tanks feature is a limitation, for it does not seem to consider O2 recycling processes with a waste management system. It means that even if Space Orbinomics says you still have O2, DGIV addon could say your crew is dead. So it seems that all DGIV crew will have O2 tanks capable of withstanding 4 years, and O2 problems would be handled via Space Orbinomics.

 

[ar81]

Good news first...
I started to create the method to make all calculations and made all the stechiometric work. I came to an idea for a stechiometric calculator...
I have most of data to begin with, but there are some missing pieces.
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I am having problems to estimate human equation.
Figures are estimates in Kg per year.
Food + H2O + O2 = Urine + Feces + CO2 + H20 + Other biowaste
787 + 1379.7 + ? = 730 + ? + 365 + ? + ?
Other biowaste includes electrolites lost when sweating or other I have not considered. If I am correct it should be almost zero.
H2O in the right side is water that is lost when breathing, sweating, etc.
So the unknown factors are O2 that you breath per year, feces, and water loss.
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If I am correct, biogas is being produced in anaerobic processes.
What percentage of the original biomass would become biogas?
Organic waste = Biogas + Compost

EDIT: This item is solved.
C6H12O6 → 3CO2 + 3CH4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic_digestion

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For aerobic reactions I have this equation, but I think I am missing something... and I also would need the proportions
Organic waste + O2 = Compost + ???
Any help would be appreciated
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For plants you have
Glucose + Water + Compost = Food + Plant
Any good guessestimate for this equation?
Glucose is produced after photosyntesis.
I need this to estimate food production.

 

[Star explorer]

i know this isent about the topic but ar81 its against the rules to double post or in your case triple post

 

[ar81]

Date of posts are different. There is no triple posting.

 

[Usquanigo]

Just a bump. How's this project coming along?

 

[dgatsoulis]

Hi Ar81,

"I am having problems to estimate human equation.
Figures are estimates in Kg per year.
Food + H2O + O2 = Urine + Feces + CO2 + H20 + Other biowaste
787 + 1379.7 + ? = 730 + ? + 365 + ? + ?
Other biowaste includes electrolites lost when sweating or other I have not considered. If I am correct it should be almost zero.
H2O in the right side is water that is lost when breathing, sweating, etc.
So the unknown factors are O2 that you breath per year, feces, and water loss."

For the 02 and CO2 i think that these might help:

For an estimation of O2 consumed by a person in a day in gas form:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/question98.htm


To estimate how much it would weigh inside an O2 tank (pressurized) have a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_cylinder

As for the feces, read these:
http://www.chacha.com/question/how-many-pounds-of-feces-does-the-average-human-produce-per-week

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4050917.pdf



Hope these help.

Keep up the good work!