BG66788B1 - Multifunctional space research appliances - hot house, method and device for controlled artificial gravity creation - Google Patents

Abstract

One of the main problems, on which depends the duration and autonomy of modern manned spaceflights, is the lack of gravity and, respectively, the constant need for food and oxygen for crews. This problem will be partially solved with the present invention proposal and its implementation, as well as the experience gained from the carried out space researches to study of transient processes and phenomena, and the behaviour-based model of substances, living organisms, and mechanical systems under the conditions of zero gravity and controlled artificial gravity in orbital space flight will be the basis for the creation of a new scientific concept for the design of an artificial closed self-sustaining ECO system allowing survival, reproduction, existence and labour activities in the Space of humans colonies, which will be independent of Earth's resources. This will be the way in which human civilization will overstep the next step in its evolution, becoming a space civilization, settling among the stars, creating - spaceships, orbital stations and space colonies with controlled artificial gravity and its own science and production facility, hot house modular complexes, in which will have plantations of agricultural grains, animals and ponds full of life. This new space - garden of Eden will give new meaning to the question, "What mission has the universe set us in, and where is our civilization among the Stars? - the answer is forthcoming, hidden in the present invention and the near future.

Description

Field of technology

The invention relates to multifunctional equipment for space research - greenhouse, application, method and device for creating controllable artificial gravity - a range of its application in the field of:

- plant genetics - vegetation, adaptation, selection of new varieties;

- biology - lower and higher animal species - genetics, reproduction, adaptation, information and energy exchange between populations and species;

- pharmacy - synthesis of drugs, vaccines, biochemistry, etc .;

- chemistry - chemical processes, phenomena, etc .;

- crystallization - in inorganic and organic substances and materials;

- metallurgy, technology of metals and materials;

- medicine - aerospace and general;

- engineering sciences and practices - construction, machine building, etc .;

- nuclear physics, optics, etc. - to study the transients and phenomena, and the behavioral pattern of inorganic and organic matter, force structures, plants and living organisms in weightlessness and controlled artificial gravity in orbital space flight, interplanetary flight to Mars and its surface.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

So far, a large number of experiments have been performed in space in many areas of modern science and practice, but there is no published information about designed and used in space flight, whether piloted or unmanned on scientific equipment with controlled artificial gravity and performed in it. scientific experiments in space have been unsuccessful. They lack correctness and adequate repeatability of the obtained results due to the impossibility to perform an instantaneous comparative analysis in space in the flying space object - orbital station or spacecraft, comparing the results of lack of gravity, they. weightlessness conditions and the presence of controllable artificial gravity.

Example

1. Space Greenhouse "WORLD" - 1 - Institute for Space Research - BAS (Bulgaria), Space Greenhouse "WORLD" - 2 - developed by the Institute for Space Research - BAS (Bulgaria) for the Institute in Utah - USA, worked on Orbital MIR Station, Space Greenhouse - LADA - Space Research Institute - RAS (Russia). In all experiments conducted with these greenhouses there is no repeatability and adequacy of the results in each subsequent experiment, as a result of which the plants did not develop normally - degenerate tubers and accumulation of carcinogenic substances - radishes and lettuce, wheat - seedless classes, etc. n. due to lack of controllable artificial gravity.

2. Biological experiments with living organisms

Experiments were performed with fish, frogs, cats, dogs, monkeys, mice, etc., attempts were made to mate a Japanese quail in 1991, but to no avail - the birds did not adapt to the conditions of weightlessness, a hormonal imbalance occurred and mating did not arrive (UAN - Hungarian Academy of Sciences under the Intercosmos program).

In 2013, the 30-day Russian experiment of the Russian Academy of Sciences - BION-M with fish, frogs, mice and other organisms - ended. There is also no controllable artificial gravity.

3. In other fields of modern science and practice - chemistry, metallurgy, pharmacy, physics, medicine, etc. - Scientific experiments in space have been conducted by the USA, Russia, Bulgaria, Japan, France, Germany, China, India - there is also no controllable artificial gravity. From made

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Descriptions of issued patents for inventions № 12.2 / 31.12.2018 analyzes for the impact of weightlessness conditions on plants, animals and humans during prolonged stay - space flight, scientists have unequivocally found that the lack of Gravity disrupts biochemical processes in organisms as a whole until cell and DNA level. These facts and approach in the construction of scientific equipment and spacecraft based on mutually contradictory compromises - harm the human body during its long stay in space. All scientific experiments in space prove - unequivocally that at the moment Science is not able to change the genetics of plant species and higher organisms - amphibians, birds, mammals and humans such as "Force" them to vegetate, live, reproduce and adapt to the conditions of weightlessness and to conditions other than those on Earth, obliterating the millions of years of Evolution.

/ Scientific publications: Scientific Experiments in Space under the program - Intercosmos, RAS, Greenhouse "WORLD" - IKI-BAS, YAH, NASA, ESA, etc.).

Technical essence of the invention

The solution to the problem is one: In order for manned orbital and, in the future, interplanetary spaceflights to be efficient and long-lasting, it is necessary to provide fresh food - vegetables, fruits and seeds, as well as air purification - carbon dioxide decomposition and oxygen production. , necessary for breathing, conducting Scientific experiments in all fields of Science, these urgent needs require the creation of a fundamentally new Scientific concept for Scientific Equipment - Greenhouse, ie. the creation of Multifunctional equipment for space research - greenhouse, application, method and device for creating controllable artificial gravity - a range of its application, recreating to the maximum extent the terrestrial conditions in the "extraterrestrial environment" in space flight, ie. conditions necessary for vegetation and life in the cultivation of plants and higher organisms, this also applies to scientific experiments in space in chemical, technological and other processes.

The method of creating controllable artificial gravity is based on the principle of dynamics, which reads as follows: When a material body rotates around its axis, an inertial force arises, which loads each point of the body according to the formula:

Fc = -sh.o ² .d - is called centrifugal force,

It is a "pseudo" force, it occurs while the body rotates around its axis and disappears after the cessation of rotation. Its magnitude is a function of the w-mass of the body, the o-square of its angular velocity or on any material point at a given radius - d from the axis of rotation acts a force Fc with a magnitude depending on the change of ω ² - respectively from the change of rotation speed. Using this principle, a multifunctional space research equipment can be constructed - a greenhouse with controlled artificial gravity commensurate with the earth's gravity - acceleration or controllable from 0 to 2.5 g. To create such gravity-acceleration, a rotating multi-walled cylinder is used around its longitudinal axis of symmetry, whereby the equipment will be composed of a rotor and a stator. When rotating the rotor on each material body, which is placed from the inner wall of the cylinder will act load - "pseudo" -gravity force commensurate with the rotational speed, this fact will fully satisfy the condition for multifunctional space research equipment - a greenhouse with controllable artificial gravity. In order to apply the method for creating controllable artificial gravity in the multifunctional space research equipment - greenhouse, it is necessary for the stator and the rotor to be built - complete with the following elements:

A - stator - or supporting structure of the multifunctional equipment for space research - greenhouse to be built of:

- Power console unit, fixing the Equipment to the wall of the spacecraft, to the power console unit are attached: Motor-reducer, Coupling unit of the Rotor, Main X-shaped bearing arms of the truss;

- Cantilever truss - to be built of: - 4 main X-shaped supporting arms, to which are attached the bearing longitudinal profile beams and a set of transverse and longitudinal arches that support the protective waterproofing - anti-vortex external "soft" screen;

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- 4 pieces Supporting longitudinal profile beams, to which the supporting arches of the soft screen and the auxiliary X-shaped supporting arms are attached;

- 4 Auxiliary X-shaped support arms, to which are attached the Supporting longitudinal profile beams and the supporting arches of the protective waterproofing, vortex external "soft" screen, and the support of the auxiliary "hanging" bearing for the Rotor;

B - rotor - Vegetation chamber - to be a multi-walled - cylinder is made of: - separate Modular segments or Containers - 4 in number, which form a closed hermetic chamber, to it are mounted:

- 4 control modules and 4 segments of the Soil carpet in which the plants are planted, The modular segments or Containers are attached to the longitudinal Support Axis by means of 8 X-shaped arms - spokes and Locking systems, to the Support Axis are also attached - The light module, its protective cover and the system for irrigation and treatment of plants with liquid fertilizers and plant protection products;

C - Protective external "soft" screen - insulates the Multifunctional equipment for space research - greenhouse from the room - the spacecraft sector or the station from water leakage, pollution and air vortices that occur during the rotation of the Rotor, The screen is made of waterproof reinforced synthetic material - polyethylene, it is supported by transverse and longitudinal arches attached to the X-shaped supporting arms and supporting longitudinal profile power beams. In order to reduce the weight of the structure - the bearing shaft is made of titanium alloy, the other power elements of composites reinforced with carbon materials - components.

In the realization in this way of the Multifunctional equipment for space research

- greenhouse, the crews of the spacecraft will replenish their supplies of oxygen and fresh food. The air purification systems will operate in light mode - assisted by the Greenhouse, which will increase the time for autonomous flight.

Explanation of the attached figures

Figure 1 - front view of the Multifunctional space research equipment - greenhouse from the rotary observation hatches - the Vegetation Chamber, together with its X-shaped supporting arms - Rotor spokes and the auxiliary X-shaped supporting arms of the Stator;

Figure 2 - view from the left (side) of the Multifunctional equipment for space research - greenhouse, you can see the node for attaching the equipment to the spacecraft and the location of the Stator with the supporting - transverse and longitudinal arcs of the soft screen and Rotor

- The vegetation chamber;

Figure 3 - axonometric view of the Rotor - Vegetation chamber with a separate Modular segment - Container;

Figure 4 - longitudinal section AA of the Rotor - Vegetation Chamber;

Figure 5 - axonometric view of a modular segment of the rotor - vegetation chamber;

Figure 6 is an axonometric view of a modular segment of a container;

Figure 7 - left (side) view of the Multifunctional space research equipment - greenhouse, complete with two counter-rotating Rotors - cameras;

Figures 8 and 9 - the equipment - covered with a soft screen - "outside".

Examples of the invention

The invention Multifunctional equipment for space research - greenhouse, application, method and device for creating controllable artificial gravity - the range of its application is illustrated by the following examples, without limiting it.

Example 1 - the device of the Multifunctional equipment for space research - greenhouse with one Rotor - Vegetation chamber is shown in figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9. The equipment consists of:

- Stator or Supporting structure - is a cantilever space truss, consisting of:

- Power console unit 7, through which the equipment is attached to the inner wall of the spacecraft

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Descriptions of issued patents for inventions № 12.2 / 31.12.2018 ship 8 (left of Fig.2), to 7 are mounted the main X-shaped supporting arms 9-4 pieces and the motor reducer 5, to 9 are attached 4 pieces bearing longitudinal profile beams 10 and to them are attached 4 auxiliary X-shaped support arms 1, which support the suspension bearing 14, in which the axis of the Rotor is mounted, the gear motor 5 by means of the coupling unit 4 transmits a rotational movement of the Rotor - Vegetation Chamber 2 to the supporting longitudinal profile beams 10 and its main auxiliary X-shaped supporting arms 9 and 1 are attached to the transverse and longitudinal supporting arches 11, 12 and 18 on the soft protection screen 29, which surrounds the entire Equipment "from the outside";

- Rotor - Vegetation Chamber - is built around the central supporting axis 24, on it are mounted the system 21 for irrigation with water and treatment with fertilizers and plant protection products, the light module 20, made of LEDs, protective case 19 for LEDs, which closes them during operation of the irrigation system 20, at both ends of the bearing axis 24 - fig. 4 are attached "left" coupling unit 4, connecting the shaft with a gear motor 5, from which it receives rotating motion, 4 more X-shaped supporting arms - spokes 13 of the Rotor in the periphery of each arm is mounted locking system 17, which aims at fixing - holding the Modular Segments and Containers when rotating the bearing axis 24 - Rotor - Vegetation chamber 2, "right" at the end of the bearing axis 24 - fig. 4 are attached - a bearing neck 15, which is mounted in the support of the hanging bearing 14 and 4 more X-shaped supporting arms - spokes 13 of the Rotor in the periphery of each arm is mounted locking system 16, which aims to fix - hold The modular segments and the Containers in the rotation of the bearing axis 24 of the Rotor - Vegetation Chamber 2, the opposite X-shaped bearing arms - spokes 13 located at both ends of the bearing axis of the Rotor are connected to each other by telescopic tubular profile rods 27 to X- the shaped supporting arms of the Rotor are fixed and fixed by the locking systems 16 and 17 - 4 pieces Modular segments 25 or 4 pieces Modular segments containers 28 depending on the experiment set in the program, inside each of them can be installed a soil carpet 22 in which plants grow 23, it can be replaced with a new one at any time and thus move to a new experiment, to the Modular Segments 25 or Modular Segments containers 28 are attached to control modules 6 and transparent monitoring hatches 26. Modular segments and Modular segments containers are made of reinforced carbon composite. When rotating the Rotor - the Vegetation Chamber 2 of the gear motor 5 on the plants 22 or on any body placed on the soil carpet 22 will act acceleration, ie. controllable artificial gravity in the range from 0 to 2.5 g.

Example 2 - the device of the Multifunctional equipment for space research - a greenhouse, executed with two mirror located opposite rotating Rotor - Chambers is shown in figure 7 - without the soft screen 29.

If necessary, he performed mixed biological and technological experiments - chemistry, physics, smelting of metals and others. it is necessary to use two separate counter-rotating rotors in order to avoid resonant phenomena. The apparatus consists of two identical in terms of rotor and gear motor drive 5 and 5 ', and coupling units 4 and 4':

- Rotor - Vegetation chamber 2 is driven by the motor-reducer 5 - preferably in biological experiments it is located next to the Power console unit 7;

- Rotor - Vegetation chamber 2 'is driven by the motor-reducer 5', in practice it is more suitable for technological experiments - chemistry, physics, etc., where there is an interrupted operating cycle, the support of the suspension bearing 14 is located between the two Rotor.

Application of the invention

With the application of the invention - Multifunctional equipment for space research - greenhouse, application, method and device for creating controllable artificial gravity - range of its application by this method and device - performed under these two schemes with one or two rotors for creating controlled artificial gravity in in the range of 0 to 2.5 g, the requirements for conducting scientific experiments in space will be fully met. In this way, the invention will make it possible in practice to lay the foundations for the creation of a fundamentally new scientific concept

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Descriptions of issued patents for inventions № 12.2 / 31.12.2018 for Scientific equipment - Greenhouse and research in the field of: plant genetics, biology - lower and higher animal species, pharmacy, chemistry, crystallization, metallurgy, technology of metals and materials, medicine - aerospace and general, engineering sciences and practices - construction, mechanical engineering, nuclear physics, optics, etc. The invention will also allow the creation in the near future of spacecraft, stations and colonies with controlled artificial gravity. The equipment will be delivered to the orbital stations in disassembled state in modules, after which they will be assembled on site, for this purpose all parts will be unified and interchangeable, which will facilitate the work of astronauts during assembly and possible repair in case of failure. to upgrade its individual systems. The duration of operation of the Equipment will be 5 years or 44 thousand hours.

Claims (3)

Multifunctional space research equipment - a greenhouse, characterized in that it consists of a stator (3), representing a cantilever space truss, which is composed of a power cantilever unit (7) and a support of the hanging bearing (14), connected between with main X-shaped support arms (9), supporting longitudinal profile beams (10), auxiliary X-shaped supporting arms (1), transverse support arches (11 and 18), longitudinal support arches (12), fixing the protective soft screen , to which a rotating rotor - vegetation chamber (2) is attached, by means of a central bearing axis (24), to which are attached: the support of the hanging bearing (14) and a coupling unit (4) by means of X-shaped bearing arms - spokes ( 13), bearing neck (15), locking systems (16 and 17), protective cover for LEDs (19), light module of LEDs (20), water spray system and treatment with fertilizers and plant protection products 21), as on the inside of the modular segments (25) or modular segments containers (28) is fixed soil carpet (22), in which the plants are planted and placed transparent observation hatches (26), control units (6), telescopic tubular profile rods (27), protective soft screen 29) and gear motor (5) for driving - rotation. 2. Method and device for creating controllable artificial gravity, characterized in that the method for controllable artificial gravity is based on rotation of a device rotor - vegetation chamber (2) by means of a motor-reducer (5), where depending on the speed a compressive force equivalent to the gravitational force in the range 0 to 2.5 g occurs on the plants and objects on the inside of the chamber. Device for carrying out the method, characterized in that it comprises one or two mirror-arranged counter-rotating rotor-vegetation chambers (2 and 2 ') attached to the stator (3) for creating a controlled artificial gravity, as the support of the the hanging bearing (14) is located between the two rotors of the rotor - vegetation chambers (2 and 2 '), consisting of 4 modular segments (25) or 4 modular segment containers (28).