This section collects some publications that are a result of the technical activity of the MPP

Open Access Publications

Metaproteomics, Heterotrophic Growth, and Distribution of Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrobacter winogradskyi after Long-Term Operation of an Autotrophic Nitrifying Biofilm Reactor

Applied Microbiology, Vol. 2, pp 272-287. 2022

https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol2010020
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Hierarchically controlled ecological life support systems

Computers & Chemical Engineering Vol. 157, 2022.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107625download
Photobioreactor Limnospira indica Growth Model: Application From the MELiSSA Plant Pilot Scale to ISS Flight Experiment

Frontiers Astronomy Space Science Sec. Astrobiology Vol. 8, 2021

https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2021.700277 download
Integration of Nitrifying, Photosynthetic and Animal Compartments at the MELiSSA Pilot Plant

Frontiers Astronomy Space Science. Sec. Astrobiology  Vol. 8, 2021

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Air Distribution in a Fully-Closed Higher Plant Growth Chamber Impacts Crop Performance of Hydroponically-Grown Lettuce

Frontiers Plant Space Science, Sec. Plant Abiotic Stress. Vol 11, 2020

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Melissa: The European project of a closed life support system.


Gravitational and Space Biology. Vol 23, 2010
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Other Publications

Continuous cultivation of microalgae yields high nutrient recovery from nitrified urine with limited supplementation


Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 345, 2023.

A Simple and Reliable Method to Determine Mean Incident Light Flux Densities on Cylindrical Photoreactors and Photobioreactors from a Unique Fluence Rate Measurement

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research . Vol. 62, 2023

Hierarchical Control of Space Closed Ecosystems: Expanding Microgrid Concepts to Bioastronautics

IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, Vol. 15, pp. 16-27, June 2021

Continuous controlled long-term operation and modeling of a closed loop connecting an air-lift photobioreactor and an animal compartment for the development of a life support system

Biochemical Engineering Journal
Vol. 151, 2019

Doctoral Theses

Proposal of an Overall Control Architecture for the MELiSSA Loop

2023- Carles Ciurans

Mathematical modelling of bioreactors in the MELiSSA regenerative life support system

2022 – Laura Alemany

Urine recycling technologies for a circular future within and beyond terrestrial boundaries

2020 – Jolien De Pape