CN-122004499-A - In-situ resource conversion and food structure generation system for extreme physical environment

CN122004499ACN 122004499 ACN122004499 ACN 122004499ACN-122004499-A

Abstract

The invention discloses an in-situ resource conversion and food structure generation system for an extreme physical environment, belongs to the technical field of intersection of extreme environment engineering and food engineering, and aims to solve the problems that food supply in the extreme physical environment depends on external transportation for a long time and the risk resistance of a traditional agricultural system is insufficient. The system comprises a resource acquisition module, a resource conversion module, a food structure generation module and a system operation control module. The system generates a food base component by capturing environmental in-situ resources, utilizing a bioconversion link, a non-bioconversion link, or a combination thereof, and utilizes physical conditions in an extreme environment as processing boundary conditions to structure, shape, or ingestable the food base component or biological output to generate a structured food product for human ingestion. The system operation control module dynamically adjusts operation parameters according to the resource state, the energy state or the module operation state, and triggers a degradation operation strategy under abnormal or limited working conditions, so that continuous supply of basic food is maintained preferentially. The invention can realize long-term operation without external continuous material supply, and is suitable for non-earth or non-earth-like extreme physical environments.

Inventors

CHEN XIYUAN
CHEN RUICHAO

Assignees

陈熙元

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20260202

Claims (8)

1. The in-situ resource conversion and food structure generation system for the extreme physical environment is characterized by comprising a resource acquisition module, a resource conversion module, a food structure generation module and a system operation control module, wherein the resource acquisition module is used for acquiring environmental resources which can be used for food generation from the environment where the system is located, the resource conversion module is in fluid connection with the resource acquisition module and is used for converting the environmental resources into at least one food basic component, the food structure generation module is connected with the resource conversion module and is used for carrying out structuring treatment on the food basic component to generate structured food which can be taken by human beings, the system operation control module is connected with the resource acquisition module, the resource conversion module and the food structure generation module in an information manner and is used for monitoring the operation state of the system and adjusting the operation parameters of the modules, and the system operation control module is configured to dynamically adjust the food output form according to the environment resource state, the system energy state or the operation state of the module, and when the limitation of the resources or the abnormality of part of the modules is detected, the system enters a degradation operation state to maintain the continuity of basic food supply.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the resource conversion module comprises at least one bioconversion link, non-bioconversion link, or combination thereof, for producing food base components having different metabolic or energy release characteristics.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the resource conversion module is preferably configured as a dual-mode redundancy conversion assembly comprising a bioconversion link and a non-bioconversion link arranged in parallel, and the system operation control module is configured to adjust the operation ratio of the two links and make them backup to each other to improve system robustness.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system operation control module is configured to switch food output modes under different operating conditions and to preferentially supply resources or energy to more robust or energy efficient conversion links under degraded operating conditions to maintain the supply of high energy density base food structure units.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the food structure generation module is configured to utilize at least one physical condition of an extreme physical environment in which the system is located as a processing boundary condition for food structure construction to replace or assist an artificially generated processing environment.
6. The system of claim 6, wherein the food structure-producing module is embodied in a form that includes a negative pressure drive means for physically transforming an aqueous food base component under an ambient pressure differential to thereby construct a porous or fibrous structure.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to run continuously and output food products without external continuous supply of supplies, relying solely on environmental resource capture and energy input.
8. A method of operating a system as claimed in claim 1, comprising monitoring environmental resources and system energy conditions, co-generating a plurality of food base components and constructing a structured food in a regular mode of operation, triggering a degraded operational strategy to maintain minimal food output when anomalies are detected, resources are limited, or continuous food supply is predicted to be unavailable in a current mode of operation.

Description

In-situ resource conversion and food structure generation system for extreme physical environment Technical Field The invention relates to the technical field of intersection of extreme environmental engineering and food engineering, in particular to an industrial food generation system capable of operating under non-terrestrial or non-terrestrial-like extreme physical environmental conditions. Background In non-terrestrial environments or other extreme physical environments (e.g., deep space exploration, polar scientific investigation, closed ecosystems), long-term reliance on external transport for food supplies can result in significant mass, energy, and cost burden. Traditional agricultural planting methods are subject to conditions such as gravity, radiation, air pressure, water resource and ecological system deficiency, and industrial stable output is difficult to realize. The existing single synthesis technology (such as artificially synthesized starch or single cell protein fermentation) mostly uses a single process as a core, generally depends on the global standard industrial environment, and lacks system level integration and operation capability in extreme environments. There is currently a lack of a system level solution that can integrate "resource harvesting-substance conversion-food forming" and can achieve long-term, continuous, degraded operation by self-regulation in extreme environments. Disclosure of Invention The invention aims to provide an in-situ resource conversion and food structure generation system for an extreme physical environment, so as to solve the problem that long-term self-consistent operation is difficult to realize in the extreme environment in the prior art. Technical proposal In order to achieve the above objective, the present invention provides an in-situ resource conversion and food structure generation system for an extreme physical environment, which includes a resource acquisition module, a resource conversion module, a food structure generation module, and a system operation control module. The system comprises a resource acquisition module, a resource conversion module, a food structure generation module and a system operation control module, wherein the resource acquisition module is used for capturing and preprocessing in-situ substances (such as atmospheric components, solid ice, weathered layer soil and the like) which can be used for food generation from the environment, the resource conversion module is in fluid connection with the resource acquisition module and is used for converting the in-situ substances into food base components through biological conversion paths (such as microbial proliferation) or non-biological conversion paths (such as enzymatic/chemical synthesis), the food structure generation module is used for receiving the food base components, an edible food structure with specific pores or fiber orientation is constructed by utilizing environmental physical working media (such as vacuum pressure difference, temperature gradient) or controlled mechanical force field, and the system operation control module is in communication connection with the modules and is used for adjusting food output forms according to the resource supply state and the system health state, wherein the system operation control module can control the system to cut off unnecessary loads and enter a degraded operation state to maintain minimum basic food supply when the environmental resources are detected to be lower than a threshold value or a certain conversion path fails. The method has the beneficial effects of 1, in-situ closed loop, getting rid of dependence on specific raw materials and realizing direct conversion from environmental substances to food. The system has the beneficial effects of 2, environmental working medium integration, namely, the system innovatively converts physical conditions (such as vacuum and temperature difference) in an extreme environment into a working medium. The food structure generation module is not limited to a specific molding device, but is centered on utilizing physical conditions present in an extreme environment as processing boundary conditions to reduce the dependency of the system on additional mechanical structure complexity and chemical energy consumption. The method has the beneficial effects of 3, high reliability, ensuring that the system can still survive with diseases when part of the modules fail by degrading the operation logic, and guaranteeing the survival baseline of personnel. Drawings FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system according to the present invention. Wherein: 1-resource acquisition Module 2-Resource conversion module 3-Food structure generating module 4-System operation control Module 5-Material channel (representing flow direction of resources and food Components) 6-Information channel (representing the transmission of monitoring signals and control commands) FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-section