Plant Water Management (PWM) Experiment

[摘要] Plant Water Management is a technology demonstration of recent advances in micro-g capillary fluidics research applied to plant growth systems. It has applications in long-term food production systems for missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the immediate need for ISS food supplements to the crew diet. PWM will demonstrate the low-gravity role of surface tension, wetting, and system geometry to effectively replace the role of gravity in certain terrestrial plant growth systems.

[发布日期] 2019-09-17

[学科分类] 力学，机械学

[关键词] AERATION;CAPILLARY FLOW;EVAPORATION;FLUIDICS;GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;HYDRATION;INTERFACIAL TENSION;MICROGRAVITY;MOON;PLANTS (BOTANY);VEGETATION GROWTH;WATER MANAGEMENT