CN114885820A

CN114885820A - Plant cultivation device and intelligent plant cultivation tower powered by green energy

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Publication number: CN114885820A
Application number: CN202210484818.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汪能定; 汪震亚
Original assignee: Zhejiang Zhenya Internet Of Things Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Zhenya Internet Of Things Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-27
Filing date: 2022-05-06
Publication date: 2022-08-12
Also published as: TW202329807A; TWI821886B

Abstract

The invention mainly discloses a plant cultivation device powered by green energy, which comprises: the solar energy cultivation device comprises a plant cultivation layer consisting of N cultivation plates which are adjacent to each other, N first optical components, N solar panels, at least N second optical components and a plurality of energy storage batteries. Wherein, under the cooperation of the N first optical components and the at least N second optical components, sunlight is guided to propagate into each cultivation disc; meanwhile, sunlight is guided and transmitted to each solar panel, so that each solar panel generates electric energy to be stored in the plurality of energy storage cells. Thus, the plurality of energy storage batteries can provide power for the plant cultivation device.

Description

Plant cultivation device and intelligent plant cultivation tower powered by green energy

The technical field is as follows: the invention relates to the technical field of plant cultivation, in particular to a plant cultivation device and an intelligent plant cultivation tower.

Background art:

with the rapid development of the petrochemical industry and the heavy industry, industrial wastewater, waste residues, domestic sewage and garbage are discharged in large quantities, so that harmful pollutants cannot be prevented from invading the ground bottom and underground water, and soil quality and water quality are deteriorated. Therefore, the environmental problems associated with ground pollution are gradually becoming more important, and there is a need and an urgent need to remediate soil and groundwater in the ground. It is thought that the contaminated soil contains heavy metals and harmful substances, which causes the residual toxins of the rice, vegetables and fruits planted in the soil to be harmful to human bodies.

Hydroponics (Hydroponics) is a technique for growing plants without using soil, and carries nutrients necessary for the growth of plants only by water, or uses materials for supporting the roots of plants, such as: perlite, gravel, wood fiber, sand and foam. The main advantage of hydroponic cultivation is that no soil is needed during the cultivation process, so that the farmland ground necessary for traditional agriculture can be eliminated. Unfortunately, hydroponic cultivation still faces many challenges in practice, such as manpower consumption, low yield, no automation, high cost, and high selling price.

On the other hand, the existing greenhouse or planting operation lacks automation, therefore, taiwan new patent No. M577648 discloses an intelligent planting and cultivating system, which mainly comprises a sensing unit, a processing unit, a control unit, a cloud server, and an electronic control unit, and particularly uses a wireless sensing network, a sensor of the sensing unit and a monitoring technology of the cloud server to assist a grower in planting in a customized manner, and can integrate a plurality of environmental parameters, remote devices, and cloud big data analysis to plan and build an environment suitable for growth of planting, so that the user can easily regulate and control a proper environment to meet the growth requirement of planting, and can provide a suitable supply manner according to the growing period and growing period of planting, thereby achieving the purpose of supplying the best growth conditions and being easy to customize.

Unfortunately, the intelligent plant cultivation system of the prior art does not integrate green energy, and cannot realize a Symbiotic system (systematic system of green energy production and plant culture) of green energy production and plant cultivation. Particularly, if the known intelligent plant cultivation system is installed in a place where electricity is difficult to get, the system is likely to be unable to operate smoothly due to energy shortage.

From the foregoing, it can be seen that there remains a need for an improved intelligent plant growing system. In view of the above, the present inventors have made extensive studies and finally developed a plant cultivation apparatus and an intelligent plant cultivation tower using green energy as a power source according to the present invention.

The invention content is as follows:

the main object of the present invention is to provide a plant cultivation device powered by green energy, comprising: the solar energy cultivation device comprises a plant cultivation layer consisting of N cultivation plates which are adjacent to each other, N first optical components, N solar panels, at least N second optical components and a plurality of energy storage batteries. Wherein, under the cooperation of the N first optical components and the at least N second optical components, sunlight is guided to propagate into each cultivation plate, so as to provide natural illumination for the plant cultivation zones in the cultivation plates; meanwhile, sunlight is guided and transmitted to each solar panel, so that each solar panel generates electric energy to be stored in the plurality of energy storage cells. Therefore, the power required by the operation of the plant cultivation device can be provided by the plurality of energy storage batteries, and the green energy power supply is realized. Of course, the energy storage batteries can also provide required power for other electronic and motor devices arranged at the periphery of the plant cultivation device.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an embodiment of the plant cultivation device powered by green energy, comprising:

a plant cultivation layer comprising N cultivation plates adjacent to each other, wherein N is a positive integer, and each of the cultivation plates has: dividing the cultivation tray into a central flow channel at the right part and the left part, M right branch flow channels which are positioned at the right part and are mutually spaced, and M left branch flow channels which are positioned at the left part and are mutually spaced, wherein each right branch flow channel and each left branch flow channel are communicated with the central flow channel, and liquid fertilizer is injected into each right branch flow channel and each left branch flow channel;

the N first optical components are arranged around the plant cultivation layer and respectively correspond to the side edges of the N cultivation plates;

the N solar panels are arranged around the plant cultivation layer and respectively correspond to the N first optical components; wherein the first optical element faces the side of the incubation tray with a first side and faces the solar panel with a second side;

at least N second optical elements disposed above the N first optical elements and the plant growing layer; wherein the second optical element is configured to direct sunlight to the first optical element such that sunlight further propagates to the M right branch flow channels and the M left branch flow channels of the growth tray via the first side of the first optical element while propagating sunlight to the solar panel via the second side of the first optical element; and

the energy storage batteries are coupled with the N solar panels and used for storing the electric energy generated by the solar panels;

m plant cultivation zones and M plant cultivation zones are respectively arranged in the M left branch runners and the M right branch runners, and M is a positive integer.

In a practical embodiment, the plant cultivation device powered by green energy of the present invention may further include a plurality of wind power devices disposed around the plant cultivation layer 1L and coupled to the plurality of energy storage batteries, so that the plurality of energy storage batteries store the electric energy generated by the wind power devices.

In an embodiment, wherein the second optical assembly comprises: a motor and a light guide plate rotated by the motor.

In an embodiment, at least one sensor is disposed in each of the right branch flow passages and each of the left branch flow passages, and the sensor is powered by the energy storage battery to sense the water quality and/or the nutrient content of the liquid fertilizer.

In an embodiment, an ultraviolet sterilization and disinfection device is disposed in each of the right branch flow passage and the left branch flow passage, and the ultraviolet sterilization and disinfection device is powered by the energy storage battery.

In one embodiment, a plant growth light source and a spray cultivation device are arranged in each of the right branch flow passages and each of the left branch flow passages, the plant growth light source is powered by the energy storage battery to generate plant growth light to illuminate the plant seedling belts, and the spray cultivation device is powered by the energy storage battery to spray a nutrient solution to the plant seedling belts.

In a practical embodiment, the plant cultivation apparatus powered by green energy of the present invention may further include:

n feeding devices, wherein each feeding device is connected with the head end of the central flow channel of each of the N cultivation plates; and

and at least one discharging device connected to the tail end of the central runner 11M.

In an embodiment, an input direction of a plant cultivation belt is from a head end of the central channel and finally enters any of the right branch channels or any of the left branch channels, the central channel and the right branch channels have a bend angle in the input direction of the plant cultivation belt, the bend angle also has in the input direction of the plant cultivation belt in the central channel and the left branch channels, and the bend angle is an obtuse angle.

In one embodiment, the head end of the central runner serves as an input port, so that a transport mechanism powered by the energy storage battery can receive the plant growing strip from the feeding device and then transport the plant growing strip to the designated right branch runner or the designated left branch runner.

In one embodiment, the end of the central flow channel serves as an output port, so that the transporting mechanism can transport the plant cultivation belt from the designated right branch flow channel or the designated left branch flow channel to the discharging device.

In one embodiment, the plant cultivation layer including the N cultivation trays adjacent to each other has a two-dimensional figure selected from any one of the group consisting of a circle, a triangle, a quadrangle, a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, an octagon, a nonagon, and a decagon.

The invention also discloses an intelligent plant cultivation tower, which comprises a plurality of green-powered plant cultivation devices, wherein the plurality of green-powered plant cultivation devices are stacked.

Description of the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a green-powered plant growing apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the plant growth layer shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a plant growing strip;

FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view of a plant growing strip;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the feeding transport of the plant growing strip by the transport mechanism;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the discharge transport of the plant growing strip by the transport mechanism;

FIGS. 7A and 7B are perspective views of two of the cultivation plates, two of the energy storage cells, a first optical assembly, a plurality of second optical assemblies, and a solar panel shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a second perspective view of a green-powered plant growing apparatus of the present invention; and

fig. 9 is a perspective view of an intelligent plant cultivation tower of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

plant cultivation device powered by green energy

10 first optical component

1L plant cultivation layer

11: cultivating plate

11M center flow channel

11BR right branch flow channel

11BL left branch flow passage

12 plant cultivation belt

121 holes

12IN water inlet

12O is water outlet

12f flow passage

13 solar panel

14 second optical component

141 motor

142 light guide plate

15 feeding device

16: discharging device

17 transport mechanism

171 clamping unit

1P energy storage battery

1W wind power device

2, intelligent plant cultivation tower

The specific implementation mode is as follows:

in order to more clearly describe the green-powered plant cultivation device and the intelligent plant cultivation tower provided by the present invention, the following description will be made in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a green-powered plant growing apparatus of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the green-powered plant growing apparatus 1 of the present invention comprises: a plant growing layer 1L, N of first optical elements 10, N solar panels 13, at least N second optical elements 14, and a plurality of energy storage cells 1P. Fig. 2 is a top view of the plant-cultivating layer 1L shown in fig. 1. According to the design of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the plant cultivation layer 1L includes N cultivation plates 11 adjacent to each other, where N is a positive integer, and each cultivation plate 11 has: the cultivation tray 11 is divided into a central flow channel 11M at the right part and the left part, M right branch flow channels 11BR at the right part and spaced from each other, and M left branch flow channels 11BL at the left part and spaced from each other, each of the right branch flow channels 11BR and each of the left branch flow channels 11BL are all communicated with the central flow channel 11M, and each of the right branch flow channels 11BR and each of the left branch flow channels 11BL are all filled with liquid fertilizer therein.

In a possible embodiment, the plant cultivation layer 1L including the N cultivation trays 11 adjacent to each other has a two-dimensional figure selected from any one of the group consisting of a circle, a triangle, a quadrangle, a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, an octagon, a nonagon, and a decagon.

According to the design of the present invention, M plant cultivation zones can be respectively disposed in M left branch runners 11BL and M right branch runners 11BR included in each cultivation tray 11. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the plant growing strip, and fig. 4 is a side sectional view of the plant growing strip. In one embodiment, the plant cultivation belt 12 has a plurality of holes 121 for a plurality of plant seedlings, which may be seedlings or tissue culture seedlings. Also, an information carrying member is provided above the plant growing belt 12 to carry a growing information of the plant seedling, such as: an RFID tag (i.e., one kind of electronic tag), an NFC tag (i.e., another kind of electronic tag), a one-dimensional barcode (1D barcode), a two-dimensional barcode (2D barcode), a Chinese-sensible code (Chinese-sensible code), a QR code, or a matrix barcode (Maxicode).

Further, a water inlet 12IN and a water outlet 12O are respectively provided at a top end side and a rear end side of the plant growing strip 12, a flow channel 12f communicating the water inlet 12IN and the water outlet 12O is provided inside the plant growing strip 12, two through holes are provided on an inner wall of the hole 121 to face each other, and the hole 121 communicates with the flow channel 12f through the two through holes. IN other words, each of the holes 121, the water inlet 12IN and the water outlet 12O is communicated with a flow channel 12f inside the plant growing belt 12. Therefore, it can be understood that, IN the case of being disposed between the left branch flow passage 11BL and the right branch flow passage 11BR, the liquid fertilizer may be introduced from the water inlet 12IN into the flow passage 12f inside the plant-cultivating belt 12, thereby providing nutrients to the young plants through the holes 121. Further, in order to prevent the plant cultivation zone 12 from being damaged by being soaked by the liquid fertilizer in the flow passage 12f, the present invention is provided with a film layer on the inner wall surface of the flow passage 12 f.

The present invention is to transport the plant growing belt 12 using at least one transport mechanism 17. Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the feeding transport of the plant growing belt 12 by the transport mechanism 17. In one embodiment, N feeding devices 15 are respectively connected to the head ends of the central runners 11M of the N cultivation plates 11. Also, at least one discharge device 16 is connected to the rear end of the center flow path 11M. As shown in fig. 3 and 5, the transport mechanism 17 grips the plant growing tape 12 by a gripping unit 171 thereof, thereby carrying the plant growing tape 12in a dragging manner. In an embodiment, an input direction of a plant growing strip is from a head end of the central channel 11M and finally enters any of the right branch channels 11BR or any of the left branch channels 11BL, the central channel 11M and the right branch channels 11BR have a bend angle in the input direction of the plant growing strip, the central channel 11M and the left branch channels 11BL also have the bend angle in the input direction of the plant growing strip, and the bend angle is an obtuse angle.

Moreover, the plant cultivation belt 12 is covered by a HDPE tarpaulin, which can greatly improve the strength of the plant cultivation belt 12 and prevent the plant cultivation belt 12 from being damaged by pulling and rubbing during the dragging and transporting process. Further, the transportation mechanism 17 moves among the central runner 11M, the right branch runner 11BR and/or the left branch runner 11BL to transport a plant cultivation zone 12 seeded with a plurality of plant seedlings from the feeding device 15 to the designated right branch runner 11BR or the designated left branch runner 11 BL. After the feeding transportation is completed for a plurality of times, M plant cultivation belts 12 are disposed in M left branch runners 11BL included in the cultivation tray 11, and/or M plant cultivation belts 12 are disposed in M right branch runners 11BR included in the cultivation tray 11.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing the discharge transportation of the plant growing tape 12 by the transportation mechanism 17. After the plurality of plant seedlings of any one of the plant growing belts 12 grow into a plurality of plants, the transporting mechanism 17 transports any one of the plant growing belts 12 including a plurality of the plants from the designated right branch runner 11BR or the designated left branch runner 11BL to the discharging device 16. After the discharging transportation is completed for a plurality of times, all the M plant cultivation zones 12in the M left branch runners 11 BL/right branch runners 11BR included in the cultivation tray 11 have completed the plant cultivation procedure.

In a possible embodiment, a plant growth light source, a spray cultivation device, an ultraviolet sterilization device, and a (water quality component) sensor may be provided within the right branch flow passage 11 BR/left branch flow passage 11 BL. However, the plant growth light source, the spray-cultivation device, the ultraviolet sterilization device, the sensor and the transportation mechanism 17 must be driven by electric power, and thus the present invention supplies electric power to the devices with green energy.

Fig. 7A and 7B are perspective views of two cultivation plates 11, two energy storage batteries 1P, a first optical assembly 10, a plurality of second optical assemblies 14, and a solar panel 13 shown in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 1, fig. 7A and fig. 7B, according to the design of the present invention, the N first optical elements 10 are disposed around the plant cultivation layer 1L and respectively correspond to the side edges of the N cultivation plates 11. The N solar panels 13 are disposed around the plant growing layer 1L and respectively correspond to the N first optical elements 10. It is worth noting that the first optical element 10 faces with a first side the side of the incubation plate 11 and with a second side the solar panel 13. On the other hand, at least N second optical elements 14 are disposed above the N first optical elements 10 and the plant growing layer 1L. Wherein the second optical element 14 is configured to guide sunlight to the first optical element 10, so that the sunlight further propagates to the M right branch runners 11BR and the M left branch runners 11BL of the cultivation tray 11 through the first side of the first optical element 10, and simultaneously propagates to the solar panel 13 through the second side of the first optical element 10. The plurality of energy storage cells 1P are coupled to the N solar panels 13 for storing the electric energy generated by the solar panels 13.

Stated in more detail, the second optical assembly 14 comprises: a motor 141 and a light guide plate 142 rotated by the motor 141. The motor 141 is a further motor for rotating the light guide plate 142 in a stepping manner, so as to adjust the guiding and focusing effect of the light guide plate 142 on the sunlight. Also, in one possible embodiment, the second optical element 14 may be used with a sunlight tracking sensor for sensing the direction of sunlight. For example, the sunlight tracking sensor tracks the direction of sunlight at noon, during a block time from morning to noon, and during a block time from noon to dusk, thereby controlling the motor 141 to rotate the light guide plate 142 step by step clockwise (counterclockwise) so that the sunlight is guided to the first side and the second side of the first optical element 10 at the same time, and finally the sunlight propagates to the M right branch runners 11BR and the M left branch runners 11BL of the incubation tray 11 via the first side of the first optical element 10 and propagates to the solar panel 13 via the second side of the first optical element 10 at the same time.

According to the design, the N solar panels 13 generate electric energy to be stored in the plurality of energy storage batteries 1P, so that the plant growth light source is powered by the energy storage batteries 1P to generate plant growth light to irradiate the plant seedling belt 12, and meanwhile, the spray cultivation device is powered by the energy storage batteries 1P to spray nutrient solution to the plant seedling belt 12. In addition, the sensor is also powered by the energy storage battery 1P to sense the water quality and/or nutrient content of the liquid fertilizer, and the ultraviolet sterilization disinfection device is also powered by the energy storage battery 1P to perform an ultraviolet sterilization disinfection procedure on the left branch flow passage 11 BL/the right branch flow passage 11 BR.

FIG. 8 is a second perspective view of a green-powered plant growing apparatus of the present invention. As shown in fig. 8, the green-powered plant cultivation apparatus 1 of the present invention includes: a plant cultivation layer 1L, N first optical elements 10, N solar panels 13, at least N second optical elements 14, a plurality of energy storage batteries 1P, and a plurality of wind power devices 1W. The plurality of wind power devices 1W are disposed around the plant cultivation layer 1L and coupled to the plurality of energy storage batteries 1P, so that the plurality of energy storage batteries 1P store electric energy generated by the wind power devices 1W. Briefly, in a possible embodiment, the plant growing apparatus 1 of the present invention can be powered by the N solar panels 13 and the plurality of wind power apparatuses 1W.

Intelligent plant cultivation tower formed by mutually stacking 1L layers of multiple plant cultivation layers

Please refer to fig. 9, which shows a perspective view of an intelligent plant cultivation tower according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 9, after a plurality of plant cultivation layers 1L shown in fig. 1 are stacked, an intelligent plant cultivation tower 2 of the present invention is obtained, and N first optical components 10, N solar panels 13, at least N second optical components 14, a plurality of energy storage batteries 1P, and a plurality of wind power devices 1W are disposed around the intelligent plant cultivation tower 2. It should be understood that, in the practice of the present invention, the dimensions of the feeding device 15, the first optical element 10, the solar panel 13 and the second optical element 14 can be adjusted adaptively according to the number of stacked plant cultivation layers 1L.

Each plant cultivation layer 1L has a central area, and the discharging device is disposed in the central area. Similarly, a lifting mechanism may be provided in the feeding device 15, so that the feeding device 15 can correspondingly receive the plant seedling belts 12 (mature) conveyed by the conveying mechanism 17 of each plant cultivation layer 1L. According to this design, each plant cultivation layer 1L of the plant cultivation tower 1 can realize automatic plant cultivation including several stages of "seeding", "growing", "picking".

Thus, the foregoing has been a complete and clear description of a green-powered plant growing apparatus and an intelligent plant growing tower of the present invention. It should be emphasized, however, that the above detailed description is specific to possible embodiments of the invention, but the embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the claims, and all equivalent implementations or modifications that do not depart from the technical spirit of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A green-powered plant growing apparatus comprising:

the left branch flow channels and the right branch flow channels are provided with M plant cultivation zones, and M plant cultivation zones are arranged on the left branch flow channels and the right branch flow channels, wherein M plant cultivation zones are arranged on the left branch flow channels and the right branch flow channels, and M is a positive integer.

2. The green-powered plant growing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

the plurality of wind power devices are arranged around the plant cultivation layer and are coupled with the plurality of energy storage batteries, so that the plurality of energy storage batteries store the electric energy generated by the wind power devices.

3. The green-powered plant growing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said second optical assembly comprises: a motor and a light guide plate rotated by the motor.

4. The green-powered plant growing apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one sensor is disposed within each of the right branch flow channels and each of the left branch flow channels, the sensor being powered by the energy storage battery to sense the water quality and/or nutrient content of the liquid fertilizer.

5. The green-powered plant growing apparatus of claim 1, wherein an ultraviolet light disinfection device is disposed within each of said right branch flow channels and each of said left branch flow channels, said ultraviolet light disinfection device being powered by said energy storage battery.

6. The green-powered plant growing device of claim 1 wherein each of said right branch runners and each of said left branch runners has a plant-growing light source and a spray-growing device disposed therein, said plant-growing light source being powered by said energy storage cell to produce a plant-growing light to illuminate said plant seedling strip, and said spray-growing device being powered by said energy storage cell to spray a nutrient solution onto said plant seedling strip.

7. The green-powered plant growing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

and the discharging device is connected to the tail end of the central flow passage.

8. The green-powered plant growing device according to claim 7, wherein a plant growing zone input direction is from the head end of the central runner and finally into either of the right branch runners or to either of the left branch runners, the central runner and the right branch runners have a bend angle in the plant growing zone input direction, the bend angle also having in the plant growing zone input direction in the central runner and the left branch runners, and the bend angle is an obtuse angle.

9. The green-powered plant growing device of claim 8, wherein the head end of said central flow channel serves as an input port such that a transport mechanism powered by said energy storage battery can receive said plant growing strip from said input device and then transport said plant growing strip to either said designated right branch flow channel or said designated left branch flow channel; the tail end of the central flow passage is used as an output port, so that the transportation mechanism can transport the plant cultivation belt to the discharging device from the designated right branch flow passage or the designated left branch flow passage.

10. An intelligent plant growing tower, comprising a plurality of green-powered plant growing devices according to any one of claims 1 to 9 stacked on top of one another.