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WINCELSS

Windows Controlled Ecological Life Support System Simulator

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The Windows Controlled Ecological Life Support System (WinCELSS) Simulator was developed to investigate computer simulations of integrated operations involving humans, plants and processing machinery in a closed or semi-closed environment. A WinCELSS-like system that can regenerate air, water and food from process waste is important for future long-duration space missions, including settlements on lunar and planetary surfaces.

WinCELSS models an environment consisting of two modules: a crew compartment module and a plant growth module. Up to 100 humans and 180 "fields" each of lettuce, potatoes, soybeans, and wheat are modeled. Flows of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen are tracked while the simulation executes.

In addition to the initial conditions, twenty-six different types of events such as crew rotation, crop/field planting, resupply, and catastrophes (crop failures, food contamination, major resource losses, equipment failures) can be scheduled to occur throughout the simulated time period.
WinCELSS carries the NASA case number MSC-22710. It was originally released as part of the NASA COSMIC collection.
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