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  • Space exploration technology
  • Control systems engineering
  • Environmental engineering

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  • Regenerative Life Support Systems (LSS) are critical for long-duration space missions, providing essential survival functions.
  • The complexity, efficiency, and reliability of LSS pose significant operational challenges.
  • Coordinating diverse subsystems (mechanical, chemical, biological, energetic) is key to meeting mission requirements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a supervisory control layer for regenerative LSS.
  • To address the challenges of complexity, efficiency, and reliability in LSS operation.
  • To validate the proposed control strategy using a comprehensive dynamical model.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a nonlinear and time-varying Model Predictive Control (MPC) supervisory layer.
  • Creation of a complete dynamical model for the European Space Agency's MELiSSA (Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative) project, integrating all compartments and phases (solid, liquid, gas).
  • Simulation and control of the MELiSSA system using the MPC approach.

Main Results:

  • First-time derivation, simulation, and control of a complete MELiSSA dynamical model via supervisory MPC.
  • Successful operation of the controlled MELiSSA system over a 14-week mission.
  • Demonstration of system resilience through a simulated failure scenario.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed MPC supervisory control layer effectively manages complex regenerative LSS.
  • The approach enhances the reliability and efficiency of life support systems for space exploration.
  • This work provides a robust framework for controlling future advanced LSS.