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Light energy efficiency in lettuce crop: Structural indoor designs simulation
Producción Científica ; Indoor agricultural offers efficient alternatives for intensive food production through automation technologies and controlled environments. Light plays a crucial role in plant development; however, photons captured by the crop are often wasted in empty spaces, resulting in low light efficiency and high energy costs. This research aims to simulate eight structural designs for an indoor lettuce crop, exploring different planting systems and light and culture bed combinations (static and mobile) to identify the most effective mechanism for light efficiency during crop growth. The simulations were carried out with spreadsheets based on applying formulas of yield in dry biomass per photosynthetic photons, lighting costs, harvest, and production. The results indicate that Circular Moving Light and Mobile Culture Bed with Quincunx Planting (CML-QM) and Circular Moving Light and Mobile Culture Bed with Linear Planting (CML-LPM) exhibit higher photon capture percentages (85% and 80%, respectively) and lower electricity consumption compared to static designs. The simulation results demonstrate the potential for significant improvements in photon capture and cost savings through optimized system designs. This investigation provides valuable insights for designing more efficient systems and reducing electricity consumption to enhance the capture of photosynthetic photons in indoor lettuce cultivation. ; Unión Europea - (project H2020-FNR-2020-1/CE-FNR-07-2020) y (project (HORIZON-CL6- 2022-FARM2FORK-01)
Light energy efficiency in lettuce crop: Structural indoor designs simulation
Producción Científica ; Indoor agricultural offers efficient alternatives for intensive food production through automation technologies and controlled environments. Light plays a crucial role in plant development; however, photons captured by the crop are often wasted in empty spaces, resulting in low light efficiency and high energy costs. This research aims to simulate eight structural designs for an indoor lettuce crop, exploring different planting systems and light and culture bed combinations (static and mobile) to identify the most effective mechanism for light efficiency during crop growth. The simulations were carried out with spreadsheets based on applying formulas of yield in dry biomass per photosynthetic photons, lighting costs, harvest, and production. The results indicate that Circular Moving Light and Mobile Culture Bed with Quincunx Planting (CML-QM) and Circular Moving Light and Mobile Culture Bed with Linear Planting (CML-LPM) exhibit higher photon capture percentages (85% and 80%, respectively) and lower electricity consumption compared to static designs. The simulation results demonstrate the potential for significant improvements in photon capture and cost savings through optimized system designs. This investigation provides valuable insights for designing more efficient systems and reducing electricity consumption to enhance the capture of photosynthetic photons in indoor lettuce cultivation. ; Unión Europea - (project H2020-FNR-2020-1/CE-FNR-07-2020) y (project (HORIZON-CL6- 2022-FARM2FORK-01)
Light energy efficiency in lettuce crop: Structural indoor designs simulation
Lozano Castellanos, Luisa Fernanda (author) / Navas Gracia, Luis Manuel (author) / Correa Guimaraes, Adriana (author)
2023-01-01
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Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Electric power consumption - Measurement , Energy efficiency , Agricultura - Innovaciones tecnológicas , Agriculture , 2202.03 Electricidad , Electricidad - Medición , Plant Science , Lechugas - Cultivo , 3102 Ingeniería Agrícola , Desarrollo económico , Agricultural innovations , Ecology , Agricultural Engineering , Sustainable development , Economía energética , Lettuce , 2417.13 Ecología Vegetal , Electric lighting - Energy consumption , Energy consumption
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