Compressible folding vegetable growth box
Technical Field
The invention relates to a compressible and foldable vegetable growth box which is mainly applied to an extraterrestrial closed environment such as a space station. Belongs to the technical research field of long-term manned space environment control and life support.
Background
Plants are a very critical functional component of the Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) System, and provide the astronauts with food, oxygen and purified water, while removing carbon dioxide and some trace harmful gases, and relieving the psychological stress of the astronauts, through photosynthesis and transpiration of the plants (Hoehn et al, 1998).
Therefore, in space artificial facilities (such as spacecrafts, space laboratories, space shuttles or space stations), research on plant cultivation technology under special environmental conditions in space has a very positive significance for understanding basic biological characteristics of plants, exploring the functions and functions of plant functional components in a CELSS system, ensuring long-term residence of astronauts (Poughon et al, 2009), and prolonging the time and distance of deep space exploration (Rajapakse et al, 2009).
The invention designs and establishes a compressible folding type vegetable growth box, and creates an incubator suitable for growth of various vegetables mainly aiming at the limitation of space microgravity environmental conditions and the requirement of vegetable culture. The incubator is a small and light facility, and is suitable for vegetable culture in a space-closed microgravity environment.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is as follows: the compressible and foldable vegetable growth box overcomes the defects of the prior art, is designed aiming at the characteristics of space-closed microgravity environmental conditions, reduces the weight, the energy consumption and the space occupancy rate of the vegetable growth box, and is suitable for culturing various leafy vegetable plants.
The technical solution of the invention is as follows: a compressible folding vegetable growth box comprises three parts, namely an LED light source, a growth chamber and a cultivation bed. The LED light source mainly adopts a novel LED to provide illumination conditions for plant growth and timely radiates heat through a fan. The growth chamber mainly provides space for the growth of vegetables, and the height of the growth space is adjusted in due time according to the growth process of the vegetables, so that the light source is fully utilized, and the energy consumption is reduced. Meanwhile, certain temperature and humidity conditions for vegetable culture are maintained. The cultivation bed mainly provides cultivation substrates, water and nutrients for the growth of vegetables in a microgravity environment, and measures and adjusts the water and nutrient contents of the substrates. The whole vegetable growth box adopts a modular design, can be quickly disassembled and assembled, and can fully utilize the limited space to culture vegetables.
The LED light source adopts red and blue LED monochromatic light, forms two-color LED combined light source according to a certain proportion (the ratio range of red to blue is 7: 3-9: 1), and is mainly used for providing light energy for culturing different vegetables. The LED light source mainly comprises a power supply, an adjusting knob, a micro display, a fan, an LED lamp panel and a gas sampling port. The adjusting knob can adjust the proportion and the light intensity of the red and blue LEDs so as to meet the light energy requirements of different plants. The heat emitted by the LED lamp can be emitted to the surrounding environment in real time through a fan (the wind speed is 0.4-1.0 m/s), the atmosphere in the growth chamber is updated in real time, and a certain temperature and humidity condition and carbon dioxide concentration (500 ppm) are maintained. A gas sampling measuring port is arranged above the LED light source, and the photosynthetic rate of the vegetable plants can be measured by a carbon dioxide measuring instrument.
The growth chamber comprises pole setting and flexible cover, mainly provides the space for vegetables grow to adjust its growth height in good time. The pole setting comprises the multistage connecting rod, according to vegetables height of growing, connects the connecting rod of different quantity. The telescopic cover is made of semitransparent flexible materials, can be freely stretched (within the stretching range of 5 cm-70 cm) according to the height of the vertical rod, creates a closed growth space (up to 70cm) for the growth of vegetables, and maintains the temperature and humidity conditions required by the growth of the vegetables.
The cultivation bed mainly comprises a cultivation disc, a three-parameter sensor, a cultivation cup, a water guide material, a base, a slow release fertilizer, a cultivation substrate, a water injection port and a circulating ventilation port. The culture medium is a mixture of an organic medium and an inorganic medium, and the volume mixing ratio of the culture medium and the inorganic medium ranges from 5: 5 to 7: 3. The water required by the growth of the vegetables is injected through the water injection port, and then is absorbed by the water guide material (high polymer material, the water absorption amount is 10-20 times of the self weight), and the water absorbed by the water guide material is absorbed again to enter the culture medium, so that the water is absorbed and utilized by the root system. The slow release fertilizer mixed in the culture medium in advance is transported to the root system of the vegetable along with the moisture, and the nutrient requirement of the whole growth cycle of the vegetable is met. The moisture, the nutrients and the temperature in the culture medium can be measured by a three-parameter sensor, and the measurement data is the basis for adding the moisture.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:
(1) the vegetable growth box is modularized, compressible and foldable, is convenient to assemble, transport and store, can fully utilize the limited space in a closed system, and improves the vegetable production efficiency in unit space.
(2) The invention adopts a telescopic cover structure, is flexible and light, can effectively maintain proper temperature and humidity conditions for vegetable growth, reduces the weight of the whole device and improves the vegetable production efficiency of unit device weight.
(3) The cultivation method adopts a cultivation mode of the solid mixed matrix, the slow release fertilizer and the water guide material, solves the problem of water and oxygen supply of the space microgravity root system, is simple in cultivation operation, and reduces the time for astronauts to carry out gardening operation.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the compressible folding type vegetable growth box.
In the figure: the device comprises a power supply 1, an adjusting knob 2, a micro display 3, a fan 4, an LED lamp panel 5, a vertical rod 6, a telescopic cover 7, a cultivation plate 8, a three-parameter sensor 9, a cultivation cup 10, a water guide material 11, a base 12, a slow release fertilizer 13, a cultivation substrate 14, a water injection port 15, a gas sampling measurement port 16 and a circulation ventilation port 17.
Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1, a collapsible, foldable vegetable growth chamber is constructed. The device mainly comprises an LED light source, a growth chamber and a cultivation bed.
The LED light source mainly comprises a power supply (1), an adjusting knob (2), a micro display (3), a fan (4), an LED lamp panel (5) and a gas sampling port (16). The LED lamp panel (5) adopts red and blue LED monochromatic light, and is uniformly distributed according to the ratio of 9: 1 to form two-color LED combined light source (the ratio of red to blue ranges from 7: 3 to 9: 1 according to the vegetable types), and the light intensity is 337 mu mol/m2(as measured 5cm directly under the light source; not less than 300. mu. mol/m)2And/s) can provide light energy for culturing different vegetables.
The adjusting knob (2) can adjust the light intensity of the red and blue LED combined light source with different proportions, the micro display (3) displays the output power of the light source timely, and the light period of the LED light source can be set so as to meet the requirements of different vegetables on the light period.
The fan (4) provides the wind speed of 0.4-1.0 m/s, so that the heat (heat in the surrounding environment of the power supply (1) or the growth chamber) emitted by the LED lamp can be timely emitted to the surrounding environment of the growth chamber. Meanwhile, the fan (4) can update the atmosphere in the growth chamber in real time to maintain proper temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide concentration (the temperature is 23-25 ℃, the humidity is 60-90% and the carbon dioxide concentration is-500 ppm).
Through the gas sampling port (16) above the LED light source, a gas sample can be collected to carry out gas composition analysis, and the photosynthetic rate of vegetables in a certain period of time can be measured by connecting a carbon dioxide instrument, so that the growth condition of the vegetables can be judged.
The growth chamber is composed of a vertical rod (6) and a telescopic cover (7), and mainly provides space for the growth of vegetables and adjusts the growth height of the vegetables in time. The upright rod (6) is composed of 4-6 sections of connecting rods. The connecting rods with different numbers are connected from the beginning of vegetable seed germination according to the plant growth height so as to achieve the purpose of meeting the requirement that the vegetables obtain the optimal illumination intensity.
The telescopic cover (7) is made of semitransparent flexible materials, and can be freely stretched (the stretching range is 5 cm-70 cm) according to the height of the vertical rod (6), so that a sealed growth space (up to 70cm) is created for the growth of vegetables, and the temperature and humidity conditions required by the growth of the vegetables are maintained.
The cultivation bed mainly comprises a cultivation disc (8), a three-parameter sensor (9), a cultivation cup (10), a water guide material (11), a base (12), a slow release fertilizer (13), a cultivation substrate (14), a water injection port (15) and a circulating ventilation opening (17). The culture medium is a mixture of an organic medium and an inorganic medium, and the volume mixing ratio of the culture medium and the inorganic medium ranges from 5: 5 to 7: 3. The addition ratio of the slow release fertilizer (13) is 5.0-8.0 g/L of dry matrix. The water required by the growth of the vegetables is injected through the water injection port (15), and then is absorbed by the water guide material (high polymer material, the water absorption amount is 10-20 times of the self weight), and the water absorbed by the water guide material is absorbed again to enter the culture medium, so that the water is absorbed and utilized by the root system. The slow release fertilizer mixed in the culture medium in advance is transported to the root system of the vegetables along with the moisture, thereby meeting the nutrient requirement of the whole growth cycle of the vegetables. The water, the nutrients and the temperature in the culture medium can be measured by a three-parameter sensor, and the measurement data is the basis for adding the water and the nutrients.
The vegetable cultivation process is as follows. Firstly, mixing an organic substrate (short-fiber peat) and an inorganic substrate (2-3 mm calcined ceramsite) according to a volume ratio of 7: 3, and simultaneously adding 7.5g/L of slow release fertilizer (N: P)2O5∶K2O is 18: 6: 8) and mixing evenly. And (3) filling the uniformly mixed mixture of the matrix and the slow release fertilizer into a cultivation cup (10) with a water guide material (11), and placing the cultivation cup into a cultivation disc (8) filled with the water guide material (11) at the bottom. Based on the humidity of the substrate (measured by a three parameter sensor (9)), 220ml water/cultivation cup is added from the water injection port (15), and the water is absorbed by the water guiding materialCollecting and delivering into the matrix.
Secondly, sowing 2-3 seeds of vegetables (lettuce) in the substrate per cultivation cup for seed germination. In the period, the upright stanchion (6) and the telescopic cover (7) are adjusted to enable the distance between the LED lamp panel and the cultivation cup (10) to be 5 cm.
Thirdly, after the seeds germinate, the LED lamp is turned on, the ratio of red to blue is 9: 1, and the light intensity is 100 mu mol/m2And/s, photoperiod 16h light/8 h dark. The atmospheric temperature in the growth chamber is 24 ℃, the humidity is 60-90%, the carbon dioxide concentration is 530ppm, and the wind speed is 0.6 m/s. On day 7, thinning to 1 plant/cultivation cup, continuing to cultivate, adjusting light intensity to 200 μmol/m2And s. On day 15 to day 35, the light intensity was adjusted to 300. mu. mol/m2/s。
During the period, the moisture content of the substrate is measured by a three-parameter sensor (9), and moisture is added from a water injection port (15), and the moisture content of the substrate is maintained within the range of 30-35% (volume ratio). The water was added 7 times in total, and 10148ml of water was consumed. During the period, the vertical rod (6) and the telescopic cover (7) are adjusted for 6 times according to the height of the plant, and the distance between the LED lamp panel (5) and the cultivation cup (10) is kept for 5cm all the time.
Fourth, on day 35, lettuce ripened and harvested. The average fresh weight of each lettuce plant is calculated to be 48.81 g/plant, the production efficiency per unit area is 139.45 g/square meter/day, and 585.70 g (12 lettuce plants) are harvested together in the whole cultivation disc (8). On day 34, the photosynthetic rate of the plants was measured to 9.77. mu. mol CO by connecting a carbon dioxide analyzer through a gas measuring port (16)2/m2/s。
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that those matters not described in detail in the present specification are well known in the art.