EP3557974A1 - Unité agricole, module agricole, système agricole et procédé destiné au fonctionnement d'un système agricole - Google Patents

Unité agricole, module agricole, système agricole et procédé destiné au fonctionnement d'un système agricole

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EP3557974A1
EP3557974A1 EP17829188.6A EP17829188A EP3557974A1 EP 3557974 A1 EP3557974 A1 EP 3557974A1 EP 17829188 A EP17829188 A EP 17829188A EP 3557974 A1 EP3557974 A1 EP 3557974A1
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housing
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organisms
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Karin Peiter
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G31/00—Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
    • A01G31/02—Special apparatus therefor
    • A01G31/06—Hydroponic culture on racks or in stacked containers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/14—Greenhouses
    • A01G9/143—Equipment for handling produce in greenhouses
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
    • Y02A40/10—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in agriculture
    • Y02A40/25—Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P60/00—Technologies relating to agriculture, livestock or agroalimentary industries
    • Y02P60/20—Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions in agriculture, e.g. CO2
    • Y02P60/21—Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures

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  • the invention relates to an agricultural unit for the agricultural cultivation of organisms.
  • the invention further relates to an agricultural module for receiving a plurality of mutually interchangeable agricultural units.
  • the invention also relates to an agricultural system having a plurality of vertically stacked planes, each consisting of a number of mutually interchangeable, especially uniform, agricultural units and / or Agrarmodu- len exist.
  • the invention further relates to a method for operating an agricultural system for the agricultural cultivation of organisms.
  • EP 1 489 898 B1 discloses a stepped plant for plant cultivation as a greenhouse system.
  • the system consists of step-shaped plug-in systems with plant tubs, wherein between each two V- or trapezoidally arranged plug-in systems a Bodenschplatte is arranged; and the plant is provided with a roofing.
  • the sub-area of the plant which is shaded by sunlight, plants for animal breeding or dark plantings may be provided.
  • the usable area is almost doubled compared to conventional agriculture and the plantings in plant pots are independent of the soil conditions.
  • a disadvantage of the system is that the step-shaped arrangement according to EP 1 489 898 B1 no enlargement of the usable area for sunlight-dependent light planting on the base surface of the system is also possible.
  • cultiva plants are difficult to access on the upper levels. Furthermore, it is only possible to react to a limited extent to a fluctuating production demand, since the division into areas for light plantations on the one hand and dark plantings and animal breeding plants on the other hand is fixed.
  • the task is to provide the most cost-effective and easily constructed plant for the agricultural cultivation of organisms, which efficient and flexible production is possible and can be operated as simply as possible.
  • An agricultural unit according to the invention for the agricultural cultivation of organisms comprises at least one cultivation container for holding the organisms and at least one housing, wherein the housing of an agricultural unit can be stacked with a bottom on an upper side of a housing of another agricultural unit.
  • the housing may be designed to carry a number of agglomerated agricultural units and to have a holding system for holding mutually stacked agricultural units against displacement of the agricultural units relative to each other in at least one horizontal direction. If the agricultural units are preferably mounted in a lockable and lockable manner in at least one horizontal direction, this facilitates the maintenance of agricultural modules equipped with agricultural units.
  • agricultural units obstructed by other agricultural units can be sequentially pushed through the agricultural module, preferably by a moving system such as a robot, so that fewer other agricultural units have to be moved to exchange an agricultural unit to be serviced.
  • organisms are to be understood as meaning any agriculturally usable organisms, for example animals, in particular poultry, pigs, cattle, goats, sheep, fish and seafood; Plants, in particular fruit, vegetable, spice, energy and ornamental plants, cereals, grasses and algae and / or fungi.
  • the culture container may be designed for hydroponics, aquaponics, aquaculture and / or algae cultivation.
  • Hydroponics is a form of plant husbandry in which the plants are rooted in an inorganic substrate rather than in soil containing organic matter. The nutrition of the plants takes place via an aqueous solution with, in particular inorganic, nutrient salts.
  • Aquaponics refers to a process that combines techniques of aquaculture fish breeding and crop cultivation in hydroponics. The connection between aquaculture and hydroponics in an agromodul is called aquaponics. In aquaponics, this is a closed-loop water and nutrient cycle, which is managed in automated processes.
  • Aquaculture or Aquafarming is the controlled rearing in the water of living organisms, especially fish, shells, crabs and algae.
  • the mentioned cultivation methods are characterized by a particularly low energy, water and / or fertilizer requirement.
  • aquaponics can be operated with a largely closed water and nutrient cycle, so that the agricultural unit manages with a low use of resources.
  • other forms of cultivation containers for example plant containers, cages and / or stalls filled with soil or another substrate.
  • starting materials of one are preferably used as input substances for the other and are filtered on pollutants, toxins or growth-inhibiting substances with a filter system, so that as few additives as possible have to be added with an adding device for optimum cultivation of the organism.
  • the mating of animals (e.g., carp) and plants (e.g., lettuce) with respect to the respective source and input materials is adjusted to prevent the addition of nutrients or the filtration of e.g. Pollutants and thus reduce the maintenance and costs as possible.
  • An agricultural module according to the invention is designed to accommodate a plurality of interchangeable, in particular inventive, agricultural units.
  • the agricultural module comprises at least one housing, wherein the housing of an agricultural module can be stacked with a lower side on an upper side of a housing of another agricultural module.
  • the housing may be designed to carry a number of stacked agricultural modules and have a holding system for supporting stacked agricultural modules at least against a displacement of the agricultural modules against each other in at least one horizontal direction. This makes it easier to maintain agricultural modules to be serviced by other agricultural modules, as described above with regard to agricultural units.
  • the interchangeability of the agricultural units can be ensured, for example, by the fact that the agricultural units have the same external dimensions and / or connection positions or, in particular, are identical in construction.
  • the fact that the agricultural units are interchangeable, different agricultural units can be used to flexibly adapt the production to the respective needs. Due to the fact that several agricultural units and / or agricultural modules can be stacked on one another, the usable area is multiplied on a given base area.
  • the stackability can be achieved in particular by the fact that the housing of the agricultural units and / or agricultural modules to be stacked essentially has congruent and horizontal boundary surfaces on its upper side and on its lower side.
  • the housing of an agricultural unit or of an agricultural module can carry a number of one, two, three or more agricultural units or agricultural modules in particular statically, it is possible for the agricultural units and / or agricultural modules in a particularly simple way - especially without additional support elements- aufgorizustapeln.
  • the carrying capacity is for example ensured by the housing is at least partially and in particular with respect to the static-carrying elements of the housing made of a sufficiently stable material, such as steel, plastics or materials based on carbon fiber, aluminum, wood, bamboo or a composite material, and / or having corresponding reinforcements and / or support elements.
  • the holding system prevents stacked agrarian units and / or agricultural modules, for example by wind loads, from being shifted against each other in an uncontrolled manner, as a result of which agricultural units and / or agricultural modules could fall down and cause damage.
  • the holding system allows a shift of agglomerated agricultural units and / or Agricultural modules against each other in a horizontal direction.
  • the agricultural units and / or agricultural modules can be arranged in a particularly simple manner in this direction, while at the same time being secured against uncontrolled shifts in other directions.
  • the housing for an agrochemical unit according to the invention and / or an agar module according to the invention can essentially be closed, for example with ventilation openings, preferably at least in sections and / or in a plant growth-favoring spectral region, at least partially transparent, and in particular at least one, preferably at least sections and / or have at least partially transparent, heat-insulating agent in a plant growth-promoting spectral range.
  • ventilation openings preferably at least in sections and / or in a plant growth-favoring spectral region, at least partially transparent, and in particular at least one, preferably at least sections and / or have at least partially transparent, heat-insulating agent in a plant growth-promoting spectral range.
  • a heat-insulating material for example made of heat-insulating foils, foam mats or foam boards, prevents too much cooling and / or heating of the interior of the housing, thereby optimizing the energy consumption in an optimal manner for the growth of the respective organisms.
  • le temperature can be heated and / or cooled.
  • the humidity can be adjusted.
  • the housing may substantially enclose the remaining components of the agricultural unit comprising the housing or the agricultural module comprising the housing.
  • the housing may have at least one, preferably closable, opening, particularly preferably at least one lock.
  • An opening advantageously allows, for example, cultured organisms, crops, machines, tools and / or users into and out of the housing. If the opening is closed, for example by a door, when not in use, the climatic conditions within the housing can be maintained efficiently. If the opening is designed as a lock, it can be effectively prevented that escape, for example, heat and / or moisture when using the opening.
  • the housing may have at least two, preferably closable, openings, particularly preferably at least two locks, wherein the at least two openings may be arranged in particular on opposite side surfaces of the housing.
  • the supply and / or discharge of, for example, cultured organisms, crops, machines, tools and / or users can be made particularly simple, for example by an opening as an entrance to the housing and a further opening as an exit from the housing is defined. If two openings are arranged on opposite sides of the housing, the openings of juxtaposed and / or successively arranged housing can be in alignment, so that a direct transition from a housing into the respective adjacent housing is possible. In this way, a particularly simple transport of goods through the housing, for example on a rail system is possible.
  • the housing may have rollers for moving the housing, which are retractable and / or motor-driven at the bottom of the housing, preferably in the housing.
  • rollers for moving the housing, which are retractable and / or motor-driven at the bottom of the housing, preferably in the housing.
  • the housing can be easily transported from one place of use to another in order, for example, to adapt a modified profile. to take account of the need for By being retractable into the housing, the rollers do not hinder the stackability of the housing and are protected when not in use.
  • the housing may be substantially cuboid. Housing in cuboid shape, in particular with the same external dimensions, can be arranged in a particularly simple, space-saving manner in many ways and in particular stacked.
  • the holding system for an agricultural unit according to the invention and / or an agricultural module according to the invention can have a number of connectors, in particular recesses, on an underside of the housing comprising the holding system and have a number of counter-connectors, in particular projections, complementary to the connectors on an upper side of the housing. Connectors and mating connectors work together to securely hold stacked enclosures together.
  • the connectors could also be designed as projections and the counterconnectors as recesses.
  • Connectors and mating connectors may have any complementary shapes so that they can be nested, for example, cylindrical protrusions and depressions and / or elongate protrusions and grooves.
  • a combination of elongated projections and grooves offers the particular advantage that stacked housing can be moved in the optimum position against each other and where appropriate, for example, by bolts, can be fixed.
  • the holding system may be at least partially retractable into the housing.
  • a retractable holding system has the advantage that it can be retracted when not in use, for example, during transport of the housing, and thus protected: Furthermore, so stacked housing with retracted holding system can first be brought into the optimum position relative to each other before they together be fixed.
  • An agricultural system comprises a plurality of vertically stacked levels, each consisting of a number of mutually interchangeable agricultural units and / or agricultural modules, for the agricultural cultivation of organisms in a number of cultivation containers.
  • the agricultural system can be a transport system for Transporting a number of cultivating containers with the organisms contained therein.
  • the interchangeability of the agricultural modules can be ensured, for example, by the fact that the agricultural modules have the same external dimensions and / or connection positions or, in particular, are identical in construction.
  • the fact that the agricultural modules are interchangeable, different agricultural modules can be used to flexibly adapt production to the respective needs.
  • the agricultural system may include at least one support system for the static support of a number of agro-units and / or agricultural modules.
  • a carrier system it is also possible to construct configurations of the agricultural system in which not every agricultural unit and / or agricultural module is supported exclusively by further agricultural units and / or agricultural modules.
  • free space can be created, for example for an intralogistics system.
  • a carrier system for example a scaffold, in particular made of metal, a stepped arrangement of agricultural units and / or agricultural modules can be achieved.
  • the agricultural system may in particular be at least partially V-shaped, trapezoidal and / or step-shaped, for example as described in the patent EP 1 489 898 B1 in the paragraphs [0024] to [0071], which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • a V-shape offers the particular advantage of very efficient utilization of the daylight entering the agricultural system from outside for plants cultivated therein.
  • the carrier system can comprise, for example, a number of supports and / or at least one base plate, wherein in particular at least one support can be designed to accommodate at least one supply line.
  • at least one support can be designed to accommodate at least one supply line.
  • a bottom plate can give additional stability to the carrier system.
  • the bottom plate can in particular be elevated so as to create a space separate from the agricultural units and / or agricultural modules.
  • the agricultural system may comprise at least one energy generation system for providing at least part of the energy necessary for operating the agricultural system, wherein the energy recovery system comprises, for example, at least one solar energy system, in particular a thermal solar system and / or a photovoltaic system, wind turbine, hydropower plant and / or biomass plant. Thanks to an energy recovery system, the agricultural system can be operated independently of an external energy supply and can also be operated in remote areas.
  • the biomass converted in a biomass plant is preferably produced in the agricultural system itself, for example in the form of energy crops. The use of renewable energy enables particularly ecological production with the agricultural system.
  • the agricultural system may comprise at least one water supply system for providing at least part of the fresh water necessary for operating the agricultural system, the water supply system comprising, for example, at least one water treatment plant, rainwater harvesting device and / or deep well.
  • the use of rainwater may serve to supply drinking water save up.
  • the rainwater is, for example, derived from collecting surfaces, for example via rainwater collectors and / or rainwater filters, and collected for example in underground rain reservoirs. Thanks to a water supply system, the agricultural system is independent of a public fresh water connection and can also be operated in remote areas.
  • a water treatment plant allows the agricultural system to operate with a largely closed water cycle, reducing the need for fresh water and the associated monetary and environmental costs.
  • the agricultural system may comprise at least one intralogistics system which comprises, for example, at least one further processing device, packaging device and / or transport device for organisms cultured in the agricultural system. Further processing of the organisms in the agricultural system eliminates time-consuming, cost-intensive and / or energy-intensive transport of the organisms, which makes possible a more favorable, faster and / or ecologically more meaningful production.
  • the agricultural system may comprise at least one roof covering at least part of the agricultural system.
  • a roof protects against the effects of the weather and enables a weather-independent operation of the agricultural system.
  • the roofing can be transparent at least in sections and / or comprise a number of, in particular closable, roof openings. At least partially transparent roofing allows daylight into the interior of the agricultural system so that lighting energy can be saved. Through roof openings, excess heat can escape from the agricultural system. If the roof openings, in particular automatically, can be closed, their opening state can be adapted to the prevailing weather conditions, so that the openings are opened only if it is too warm in the
  • the agricultural system may comprise at least one agricultural module, which is designed as an auxiliary module, wherein the auxiliary module, for example, at least parts of an energy recovery system; a water supply system; an intralogistics system and / or a decontamination device, particularly preferably for a supply robot and / or transport robot.
  • the auxiliary module for example, at least parts of an energy recovery system; a water supply system; an intralogistics system and / or a decontamination device, particularly preferably for a supply robot and / or transport robot.
  • the agricultural system may include a number of old and / or handicapped working equipment.
  • Such work equipment makes it possible to ergonomically and flexibly adapt workplaces to the individual needs of older employees and people with different degrees of disability, even during set-up, so that flexible, rapid retrofitting is possible.
  • the working means include, for example, a number of input and / or output devices, in particular tablets, large and / or illuminated displays, traffic light systems, bril- len, fitness bracelets, speech recognition systems, speech output systems, acoustic signal output devices, braille displays, large keyboards, camera systems for gesture recognition and / or headsets who use the electroencephalography method to detect cognitive operator states.
  • the input and / or output devices allow a simple man-machine interaction, especially for disabled people.
  • the working means comprise, for example, a number of load transport means with motorized drive and / or height-adjustable handles and / or a number of lifting aids, in particular cable and / or chain hoists, lifting tables, tilting devices, robotic grippers and / or, in particular mobile, workshop cranes. This also allows people with low physical efficiency to transport and lift loads.
  • the work equipment includes, for example, a number of height-adjustable chairs and / or work surfaces, so that jobs can be customized and ergonomic.
  • the working means include, for example, a number of glare-free and / or flicker-free lighting means, so that a fatigue-free working for the eyes is possible.
  • the work equipment includes, for example, a number of mobile partition systems to provide jobs with the necessary peace and privacy for a relaxed work.
  • the tools include, for example, a number of picture and / or text phones, so that people with speech or hearing impairment can communicate barrier-free.
  • the working means include, for example, a number of holding aids, in particular
  • the work equipment includes, for example, a number of machines with left-hand operation, adjustable handles, quiet and / or low-vibration drive, low weight and / or maneuverable castors to make the work for the users of the machine as possible low stress.
  • the working means comprise, for example, a number of protective means, in particular protective goggles, helmets, protective hoods, soundproofing means and / or light signal barriers, in order to protect the users of the agricultural system at work and / or to reduce stress.
  • the agricultural unit, the agricultural module and / or the agricultural system may each have a number of utility lines; at least one lighting system, at least one transport system, at least one supply system, at least one air-conditioning system; at least one Control unit and / or at least one for a user of the agricultural unit and / or agricultural module accessible maintenance room.
  • Supply lines allow a simple, and in particular automatic, supply of the agricultural unit, the agricultural module and / or the agricultural system and / or devices and / or organisms contained therein with the necessary resources such as energy, water or nutrients.
  • a lighting system organisms can be cultivated independent of daylight. As a result, it is also possible to cultivate organisms for whose growth the daylight at a given location and / or at a given season is insufficient. Furthermore, by a lighting system, the yield can be increased.
  • phototrophic organisms such as green plants, can also be cultivated in agricultural units and / or agricultural modules, which are closed off from daylight, for example in a stack of agricultural units and / or agricultural modules by other agricultural units and / or agricultural modules. As a result, the area available for the cultivation of phototrophic organisms increases considerably.
  • organisms and devices in particular automatically, can also be transported to hard-to-reach agricultural units and / or agricultural modules.
  • the cultivation of the organisms in particular automatically be performed.
  • An air-conditioning system makes it possible to produce the optimal climatic conditions for the cultivated organisms, irrespective of weather and / or climate, and thus to increase the yield and / or to enable the cultivation of certain organisms at a given location and / or at a given season ,
  • control unit By a control unit, the operation of the agricultural unit, the agricultural module and / or the agricultural system, in particular automatically controlled.
  • the maintenance space accessible to a user of the agricultural unit and / or the agricultural module may include a free area within the agricultural unit and / or the agricultural module.
  • the user can carry out maintenance work on the agricultural unit and / or the agricultural module without having to stay outside of it, for example on a scaffolding.
  • the maintenance rooms of neighboring agricultural units and / or Agricultural modules merge into each other, so that there is a continuous maintenance, through which the user can reach all connected through the maintenance aisle agricultural units and / or agricultural modules.
  • a supply line for an agricultural unit, an agricultural module and / or an agricultural system may be designed for the transport of fresh water, wastewater, gases, pesticides, nutrient solutions, nutrient suspensions, heat, energy and / or control signals and / or have a connection system.
  • a connection system supply lines of agricultural units, agricultural modules and / or an agricultural system can be advantageously connected to each other, so that a plurality of agricultural units and / or agricultural modules can be supplied by the connected supply lines.
  • An illumination system for an agricultural unit, an agricultural module and / or an agricultural system can be designed to illuminate at least a part of a number of organisms and in particular comprise a number of lamps, for example LED lamps and / or gas discharge lamps.
  • the use of LED luminaires enables particularly energy-efficient lighting.
  • the areas can, for example, a daylight area, in which from the outside into the agricultural system incident daylight alone is sufficient to illuminate the plants cultivated there, an artificial light area in which the lighting needs of the plants cultivated there is essentially covered by artificial light, and a transition area between daylight area and Include artificial light area.
  • gas discharge lamps can be used in the daylight area and / or transitional area as well as LED lights in the transition area and / or the artificial light area.
  • the investment costs are kept low by the use of inexpensive gas discharge lamps in a part of the agricultural system.
  • energy efficiency and operating costs are minimized by using efficient LED luminaires in areas that require frequent or permanent artificial lighting.
  • At least one luminaire may have an emission spectrum adapted to the growth conditions of a number of the organisms. Different organisms show optimal growth with different lighting spectra. By illuminating with an emission spectrum adapted to the growth conditions, a particularly high and / or high-quality yield can be achieved.
  • a transport system for an agricultural unit, an agricultural module and / or an agricultural system may be used to transport organisms, cultivation containers, lights, supply robots, observation means, seeds, crops, animal products. Be designed fertilizer, feed, tools and / or machinery. By the transport system, the objects mentioned can be brought quickly, easily and / or automatically to their respective destination.
  • the transport system comprises, for example, at least one conveyor belt, an elevator, a chute, a pipe conveying system, in particular pneumatically driven, and / or a number of guide rails.
  • the transport system may comprise at least one tube conveying system for a substantially vertical transport section and at least one conveyor belt for a substantially horizontal transport section.
  • the transport system can comprise at least two, preferably parallel, conveyer belts, one of which is designed for transporting harvested plants and / or plant parts and the other for transporting seedlings and / or seeds.
  • the transport system may comprise at least one seedling container, which is designed to gently transport seedlings, in particular on a conveyor belt and / or in a tube conveying system.
  • the seedling container may, for example, comprise a number of, in particular articulated, interconnected seedling compartments for accommodating at least one seedling or one cultivating container with a number of seedlings.
  • the seedling container can also be transported in a transport system with tight curve radii, for example within a tube conveying system, at a transition from a tube conveying system to a conveyor belt and / or at a transition between a vertical and a horizontal section of the transport system.
  • the seedling compartments are advantageously designed so that the seedling are protected therein against mechanical stress, for example by a padded inner surface and / or a lid, which may be designed in particular for automated, such as magnetic, opening.
  • the transport system may comprise at least one transport robot which is designed to move along the guide rails. With the help of a transport robot especially fragile goods can be transported not only safely and efficiently, but also safely picked up at the starting point of the transport and sold safely at the end of the transport.
  • At least one guide rail may have a connection system.
  • guide rails of agricultural units, agricultural modules and / or an agricultural system can advantageously be connected to one another so that a plurality of agricultural units and / or agricultural modules can be reached via the connected guide rails.
  • At least one guide rail can be designed to receive at least one supply line. By integrating supply lines in guide rails, the supply lines can be laid in a particularly space-saving manner, leaving more room for the cultivation of organisms.
  • At least one guide rail may be parallel to a portion of the at least one
  • a connection system for a supply line and / or a guide rail can be designed for the non-destructive detachable connection of at least one supply line and / or guide rail of an agricultural unit, an agricultural module and / or an agricultural system with a further supply line and / or guide rail of an agricultural unit of an agricultural module and / or an agricultural system be, wherein the interconnected supply lines and / or guide rails merge into each other.
  • the connection system thus creates a continuous supply line or guide rail at the connection point.
  • connection system may include a number of connectors. By means of connectors, supply lines or guide rails can be connected to one another particularly easily.
  • connection system may have a number of Connectors, for example, projections, and a number of complementary Jacobkon- nectors, for example, wells include.
  • connection system may be at least partially retractable into the housing of the agricultural unit or module comprising the connection system.
  • the connection system is protected when not in use and is not a hindrance, for example in the arrangement of agricultural units and / or agricultural modules.
  • connection system may comprise at least one securing means, for example a safety valve and / or a safety switch, the safety means preventing a flow of energy or matter in the unconnected state from the supply line comprising the connection system.
  • the securing means avoids dangers due to an uncontrolled flow of energy or matter from unconnected supply lines.
  • a supply system for an agricultural unit, an agricultural module and / or an agricultural system may be used for sowing, setting, care, irrigation, fertilization, and / or harvesting of plants and / or fungi; be designed for the care and / or feeding of animals and / or for pest control and include, for example, at least one supply robot. With the help of a supply robot, the supply can be automatic and very efficient.
  • the supply robot can be designed in particular for harvesting plants or plant parts from a cultivation container and / or for setting and / or sowing plant seeds or plant seeds into a cultivation container.
  • the supply robot can comprise at least one gripping device for harvesting and setting plants, which in particular, preferably automatically, are mounted on the supply robot so as to be interchangeable with one another. Due to the generally very different size and shape of seedlings on the one hand and crops on the other hand, it is advantageous to hold for different gripping devices.
  • the supply system may comprise at least one mixing unit for producing plant-specific nutrient solutions and / or nutrient suspensions from a number of universal starting solutions, starting suspensions and / or solids. This allows each plant to be given a customized nutrient solution to optimize its yield. while keeping only a limited number of raw materials at the same time, reducing the cost of warehousing and logistics.
  • An air conditioning system for an agricultural unit, an agricultural module and / or an agricultural system may be designed for air conditioning, in particular for regulating a temperature by cooling or heating, a humidity and / or an atmospheric composition, a surrounding environment of a number of organisms and, for example, at least one heat recovery device and / or at least one heat pump, in particular a geothermal heat pump.
  • the air-conditioning system may include, for example, a water-carrying tube system for heat transport.
  • a heat recovery device such as a heat exchanger, and / or a heat pump, a particularly energy-efficient air conditioning is possible.
  • the air-conditioning system may include a pre-drying device, for example a fan, in particular for hot air, for pre-drying harvested plants or parts of plants.
  • a pre-drying device for example a fan, in particular for hot air, for pre-drying harvested plants or parts of plants.
  • the predrying device can also be used for air conditioning.
  • a control unit for an agricultural unit, an agricultural module and / or an agricultural system may be used to control a lighting system, a supply system, an air conditioning system, a transport system, an energy recovery system, a water supply system, an intralogistics system and / or an at least partially disclosed roofing of the agricultural unit, Agricultural module and / or the agricultural system.
  • the control unit comprises, for example, a number of observation means, in particular cameras, for observing a number of the organisms; at least one evaluation unit for evaluating the state of the observed organisms; at least one output unit for outputting control signals; at least one input unit for inputting operating commands; at least one display unit for displaying observation data, evaluation results and / or control signals and / or at least one memory unit for storing observation data, evaluation results and / or control data ersignalen.
  • a control unit according to the invention makes comprehensive control and monitoring of the agricultural system possible in order to ensure optimized yields and the traceability of the organisms and products produced therefrom.
  • a method according to the invention for operating an agricultural system for the agricultural cultivation of organisms comprises at least the following steps:
  • the cultivating container can be transported, for example, in a seedling container in the sense of the invention.
  • transporting the cultivation container from the growing station to a growing station may comprise at least one of the following steps:
  • substantially vertically transporting the cultivation container for example with a pipe conveying system, to an input end face of a production rail from a number of agrarian units and / or agricultural modules arranged horizontally one behind the other;
  • b essentially horizontally transporting the cultivation container, for example with a conveyor belt, within the production rail and / or c. Transferring the seedlings from the transportable cultivation container into a cultivation container of the growth station, for example with a supply robot.
  • the horizontal transporting of a first cultivation container can take place up to an output front side of the production rail opposite the input end side.
  • a subsequent culture container can then be transported up to the first cultivation container and so on until an entire length of the production rail is filled with cultivation containers.
  • the conveyor belt in particular automatically, stop, so that the seedlings can be implemented from the now immobile transportable cultivation containers in cultivation container of the production rail.
  • the method may comprise at least one of the following method steps:
  • Harvesting may in particular comprise at least one of the following steps:
  • a Determining a harvest maturity of the plants of a production rail, for example by inspecting the plants by a human observer and / or by a control system, in particular with an image recognition algorithm, b. Releasing the production line for harvesting at harvest maturity;
  • Pre-drying the plants or plant parts for example in an air flow of a blower; Transferring the plants or plant parts, for example with a supply robot, to a section of a transport system, for example a conveyor belt; substantially horizontally transporting the plants or plant parts to an output end face of the production rail with the transport system;
  • Transferring the plants or plant parts to a further section of the transport system for example by dropping the plants or plant parts from a conveyor belt into a transport container of a tube conveying system;
  • Spatial separation of cultivating and harvesting may be as beneficial as the spatial separation of growing and culturing described above.
  • By reusing the culture tank it does not need to be re-produced for each culture cycle, saving resources.
  • the culture container must be recycled for reuse, for example, cleaned.
  • reprocessing is done in a reprocessing station, no space is blocked in another station.
  • the agricultural system may include a number of management stations and at least one mobile management tool.
  • the management agent can be transported by a transport system from one management station to another management station, depending on the need for management and / or management time, the management station, for example, a breeding station, a growth station and / or a harvesting station and the management agent, for example, a light, a Supply robot and / or a transport robot is.
  • the method may include decontaminating and / or conditioning the management agent between use in different management stations. This ensures that the management agent does not transport harmful substances into a management station.
  • the method may include controlling a lighting system, a supply system, an air conditioning system, a transport system, an energy recovery system, a water supply system, an intralogistics system and / or an at least partially disclosed roofing of the agricultural unit, the agricultural module and / or the agricultural system, wherein the controlling at least the following method steps include:
  • the current state of the organisms can be evaluated and reacted to, for example, by an adjustment of water and / or nutrient supply, lighting and / or climatic conditions and / or triggering of care measures and / or harvest.
  • the method may comprise the following additional method steps:
  • the technical innovation goes beyond pure agricultural and vertical farming systems, the visionary idea is a holistic, sustainable agricultural system with further, integrative, inclusive system concepts / system components from the area of working and living.
  • the system is based on innovative key technologies that are backed by cutting-edge technology in the area of construction, production and process engineering, as well as in the smart area of control and robot technology, infrastructure and plant supply as well as jobs under the aspect of Industry 4.0.
  • the components of the respective task are functionally adapted, and the system concept can also be adapted to the respective application area or location.
  • the innovation includes an agricultural system, which due to the example V-shaped or stepped overall construction, as a variable plug-in system, includes that the plant or useful area is significantly larger than the floor surface and the floor surface can be used independently of the planting area.
  • the importance of this system lies in its high area and resource efficiency, the special, for example step-shaped, shaping and the associated high production and harvest efficiency.
  • a step-like construction type is given a high incidence of light, which can be supplemented by LEDs.
  • the agricultural system is preferably based on a novel hydroponic / aquaponic / robotic intralogistics system.
  • Ecological objective is a self-sufficient energy plus unit with circulation system, also promoted by the specific shaping, since in the range of the energy and water supply resource-saving techniques like photovoltaic, rain water collection basin and deep drilling can be used.
  • the utilization of (treated) wastewater and waste is also possible for the irrigation system and fertilization.
  • recycling, greywater, yellow water, struvite, digestate and / or compost can be recycled in a wastewater treatment plant such as a natural wastewater treatment plant.
  • a plus-energy house is a house resembling a zero-energy house, whose annual energy balance is positive: it gains more energy than it receives from the outside (for example in the form of electricity, gas, heating oil or wood fuels).
  • the energy required for heating and hot water is obtained in or at the house itself, through daytime heat, geothermal energy, solar thermal systems and / or photovoltaic systems.
  • the energy should be generated locally via photovoltaics as well as energy crops and secondary raw materials (eg organic waste) from production, canteens and / or households and, if the site is suitable, supported by geothermal energy.
  • Supply can be organic and food supply can be organic.
  • a socially mixed community of life can be built up with people from different age groups and occupations in different individual forms of living, whereby the agricultural system can be the center of supply.
  • the agricultural system can provide jobs, agricultural products, energy and / or food for the inhabitants of the housing world.
  • the living world can be combined with various residential units, single-family homes and / or multi-family houses, so that people of all ages can live to the severely disabled in this living environment.
  • a central aim of the invention is to combine agricultural production with a living, living and working community, e.g. as cooperative model, gGmbH o.ä.
  • This can be combined with service and technology elements that ensure the support of all age groups in their specific regional environment.
  • the development of this concept aims to make the world of care transferable in a polycentric responsibility structure, so that in the future in densely populated areas as well as in smaller communities, the supply of food, housing, care and energy is ensured.
  • the information flow for severely handicapped people in word, writing or image is preferably accessible and comprehensible accessible with adaptable display means, so that their access to manufacturing processes is improved.
  • An important measure and approach is the integrative workplace concept of the agricultural system. As early as the construction of the agricultural system and in particular of an intralogistics system, workplaces and production processes can be developed in such a way that under the aspect of human-robot interaction in the context of Industry 4.0 for all employees, including people with the most severe disabilities, within the scope of the Workplace adaptation can be made flexible. This provides an opportunity for people with severe disabilities to access production and industrial workplaces, thereby improving their access to the agricultural system's manufacturing processes, and at the same time improving the economic aspect for entrepreneurs, as jobs can be flexibly adapted to the individual employee.
  • Fig. 1 shows schematically an exemplary agricultural unit
  • Fig. 2 shows schematically an exemplary agricultural module
  • FIG. 3 shows schematically an exemplary agricultural system
  • FIG. 4 shows schematically an example method for operating an agricultural system
  • Fig. 5 shows schematically a side view of an exemplary agricultural system
  • Fig. 6 shows schematically an oblique view of an exemplary agricultural unit.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows an exemplary agricultural unit 100 in which a number of, for example two, cultivation containers 110, for example in the form of hydroponics containers, are arranged.
  • the agricultural unit 100 is enclosed by a housing 120, for example made of metal, which is stackable with its underside 127 on the upper side 126 of a further agricultural unit 100.
  • the housing may include a retention system 124, such as a number of connectors, for securing agricultural units 100 stacked against each other against displacement.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows an exemplary agricultural module 200 in which a number of, for example two, agricultural units 100 are arranged.
  • the agricultural module 200 is enclosed by a housing 120, for example made of metal, which can be stacked with its underside 127 on the upper side 126 of a further agricultural module 200.
  • the housing can be a holding System 124, for example, a number of connectors, to secure stacked agricultural modules 200 against sliding against each other.
  • the agricultural system 300 consists of a number of, in the example shown two, vertically stacked agricultural modules 200, for example, each contain at least one agricultural unit 100, which in turn contains a number of, for example two, cultivation containers 1 10 ,
  • the agricultural system 300 further comprises a transport system 310 for cultivation containers 110, for example in the form of a conveyor belt.
  • FIG. 4 schematically shows an exemplary method 400 for operating an agricultural system 300.
  • 401 plants are grown in a mobile cultivation container 110, for example from seedlings, in a growing station.
  • a transport 404 of the cultivation container 110 into a growth station follows.
  • the growing station is followed by cultivating 402 the plants until harvest 403.
  • further processing 407 of the crop may occur and the culturing bin may undergo reprocessing 406 to be reused.
  • FIG. 5 schematically shows a side view of an exemplary agricultural system 300.
  • the illustrated agricultural system 300 comprises a plurality of agricultural modules 200, which are arranged in five planes one above the other in a V shape in order to achieve the highest possible utilization of daylight.
  • Each agricultural module 200 shown consists of 28 agricultural units, which are arranged, for example, in seven levels one above the other and four compartments next to each other.
  • Agricultural system 300 includes a support system 320 having a number of supports 321 that may be configured as hollow tubes for receiving supply lines.
  • the supports 321 may also carry, for example, vertically oriented solar thermal or photovoltaic modules.
  • the bottom plate 322, which bounds the agricultural modules downwardly, may be elevated to provide space therefor, for example, for an intralogistics system 350.
  • the Agrarian System 300 has a roof 360 for protection against weather conditions.
  • the width, height and depth of the agricultural system for example, 80 m, are 50 m respectively 150 m, to provide a cultivated area of 200 000 m 2 at a base of 12, 000 rn. 2
  • FIG. 6 schematically shows an oblique view of an exemplary agricultural unit 100.
  • the illustrated agricultural unit 100 comprises two cultivating containers 110, for example hydroponics containers, with a number of plants P.
  • the plants P can be produced from an agricultural unit 100.
  • 31 1 movable supply robot 171 are supplied.
  • the supply robot 171 can harvest the plants P and transfer them to a transport system 310, for example in the form of a conveyor belt.
  • the agricultural unit 100 further comprises a maintenance room 199, in which a user, for example, for maintenance purposes, can stop.
  • the housing 120 of the agricultural unit 100 is not shown for clarity.

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L'invention concerne une unité agricole (100) destinée à la culture agricole d'organismes, l'unité agricole (100) comprenant au moins un récipient de culture (110) destiné à la réception des organismes et au moins un boîtier (120), le boîtier (120) d'une unité agricole (100), avec une face inférieure (126), pouvant être empilé sur une face supérieure (127) d'un boîtier (120a) d'une unité agricole identique (100a). Le boîtier (120) est conçu pour soutenir un certain nombre d'unités agricoles identiques empilées (100) et présente un système de retenue (124) destiné à la retenue d'unités agricoles (100) empilées les unes sur les autres pour empêcher un déplacement des unités agricoles (100) les unes par rapport aux autres dans au moins une direction horizontale. L'invention concerne en outre un module agricole (200) destiné à la réception d'une pluralité d'unités agricoles (100) interchangeables les unes avec les autres et un système agricole (300) comportant plusieurs plans verticaux, qui se composent chacun d'un certain nombre d'unités agricoles interchangeables les unes avec les autres (100) et/ou de modules agricoles (200). L'invention concerne également un procédé (400) destiné au fonctionnement d'un système agricole (300).
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