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At-home vertical farm and automatic irrigation system implementation.

Number: 3175

Author(s) : BALEVIC E. G., FARHA A. H. P., HOESS A. J., GROLL E. A.

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The world population is expected to reach nearly 10 billion people by 2050. Inequalities in food access will continue to be exacerbated without the intervention of advanced solutions. Vertical farming is a technology field which could allow for the expansion of food production by stacking garden spaces on top of one another. From an industrial perspective, this is a practical method for optimizing square footage of farms without interrupting native plant ecosystems or suburban and business properties. From a small-scale community perspective, vertical farms may also be implemented into homes enabling homeowners to become prosumers as they help to decentralize the global food chain. At Purdue University’s DC Nanogrid House, a vertical farm (VF) has been constructed to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of the agricultural technology.
While other papers focus on the commercial scale of VF and how it will determine future commercial and research farming, the goal of the present study is to develop an automated VF system for a residential application. Autonomous irrigation is installed and controlled via ESP-32 Micro Controller and capacitive soil moisture sensors, and high-efficiency LED lights are controlled based on the plants’ needs. Methods for efficient power use, reduced water use, and other relevant topics will be discussed for the user’s benefit. Readers should come away from this paper with an understanding of the benefits and disadvantages of VF and a plan for creating an at-home VF with an automatic irrigation system.

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  • Original title: At-home vertical farm and automatic irrigation system implementation.
  • Record ID : 30032964
  • Languages: English
  • Source: 2024 Purdue Conferences. 8th International High Performance Buildings Conference at Purdue.
  • Publication date: 2024/07/15

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