KR20140008198A - Plant factory energy management system and method based on usn - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a USN based integrated plant factory energy management system and a growing method. The integrated plant factory energy management system according to the present invention comprises a growing condition storage unit for storing, as a database, growing conditions including at least one of the type of garden plants, the photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD, illuminance) for growth period, the temperature, the humidity, the carbon dioxide, the nutrient solution and the energy consumption for each device; an energy information detection unit for detecting energy consumption for each of the devices including an artificial lighting device which is a main energy consumption source of a region for growing the garden plants, air-conditioning and heating devices, a humidity generation device, a carbon dioxide supply device and a nutrient solution related device; an environment condition adjustment unit for adjusting the environment conditions including at least one of the illuminance, the temperature, the humidity, the carbon dioxide and the nutrient solution for the region for growing the garden plants; and an environment control unit for comparing the environment information detected by an environment detection unit and an energy consumption information detection unit with the growing conditions stored in the growing condition storage unit and automatically controlling the environment condition adjustment unit according to the self-processing of a system depending on the comparison results. [Reference numerals] (110) Growing condition storage unit; (120) Environment information detection unit; (125) Energy information detection unit; (130) Environment condition adjustment unit; (140) Environment control unit fo; (150) Growing condition display unit; (160) Condition photographing unit; (170) Growth analysis unit

Description

Plant Factory Energy Management System and Method Based on USN

The present invention relates to a USN-based plant plant integrated energy management system and method, and more particularly, to monitor the growth environment and the energy consumption of each device in real-time to affect the plant growth, and according to the type of plant and its growth time The present invention relates to a USN-based plant plant integrated energy management system and method for automatically and automatically controlling required light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrient solution.

Recently, convergence using IT technology in all business fields is accelerating, and it is playing a role of source technology to increase added value in all industries. In particular, the convergence of agriculture and IT technology, a traditional industry, is a new market for the IT industry and is expected to maximize agricultural productivity and increase added value.

Plant plants can be largely divided into solar combined use plants and fully controlled plant plants. The solar combined use plant is a type of vinyl, glass, plastic film installed on the top or side of the building to allow sunlight to flow into the plant. Artificial light is installed and used for the purpose, and on a sunny day, it is grown using only sunlight. That is, the solar combined use plant plant grows plants with more precise control of house cultivation or nutrient solution cultivation and is suitable for the production of fruits and vegetables with high light demand. The solar combined use plant can obtain a light source for plant photosynthesis at a lower cost than the fully controlled type, but has a disadvantage in that it is somewhat disadvantageous in environmental control and growth management because it is affected by the external environment. In addition, the solar combined use plant factory has a problem that requires a large installation area in order to make the plant growth uniform because the plant growth is difficult to make uniform when the cultivation in multiple stages.

The fully controlled plant factory does not use sunlight at all and uses only artificial light, which has a disadvantage in that the initial installation cost and operating cost (electricity bill) of artificial light are higher than those of a plant factory using sunlight. However, it can be grown completely pesticide-free and can be mass-produced through multi-stage cultivation in a small space regardless of the place.It is suitable for producing shorter and older vegetables than the cultivation of tall fruits and vegetables. Properly adjusted cultivation methods can produce uniformly high value-added produce.

However, such a fully-controlled plant factory should be cultivated without invasion from pollutants and pests by minimizing external contact of the cultivation system, and appropriately supplying a growing environment that affects the growth of the plant. In order to maximize and minimize the use of resources, integrated monitoring of the growth and environment of the cultivated plants and the energy use of each device must be carried out in real time as well as rapid automatic control of environmental conditions.

However, the general plant factory system relies on the direct monitoring and manual control by the manager without considering the energy consumption of each device, so real-time monitoring and cultivation of the cultivated plants to maximize the growth of plants and minimize the use of resources. There is a problem that rapid control of environmental conditions is difficult.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, the real-time monitoring of the growth environment and energy consumption affecting the growth of plants and the amount of light (PPFD, roughness), temperature required according to the type of plant and its growth time, It is an object of the present invention to provide a USN-based plant plant integrated energy management system and method capable of automatically and automatically controlling humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrient solution.

Integrated plant energy management system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the amount of light (PPFD, roughness), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution for each type of plant and its growth time, each device A cultivation condition storage unit for storing a cultivation condition including at least one of energy consumption in a database; An environmental information sensor for sensing environmental information including at least one of light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide in a region where the cultivated plant is grown; An energy information detecting unit for detecting energy consumption of each device including an artificial lighting device, a heating and cooling device, a humidity generating device, a carbon dioxide supply device, and a nutrient solution related device as a main energy consumption source; An environmental condition adjusting unit configured to adjust an environmental condition including at least one of light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrient solution for the region where the cultivated plant is grown; And comparing the environmental information detected by the environmental information detector and the energy consumption information detector with the cultivation conditions stored in the cultivation condition storage unit, and automatically adjusting the environmental condition controller according to the autonomous processing of the system according to the comparison result. It characterized in that it comprises an environmental control unit for controlling.

The cultivation condition storage unit cultivates environmental information including light quantity (Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density (PPFD), illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, and energy consumption information for each device according to the type of cultivated plant and its growing time. Can be stored as a condition. In this case, the environmental information sensor detects environmental information of an area in which the cultivated plant is grown in real time.

The above-described plant factory energy integrated management system, the cultivation conditions stored in the cultivation condition storage unit, the environmental information detected by the environmental information detector, the energy consumption information for each device detected by the energy consumption information detector, the The apparatus may further include a cultivation state display unit to display a cultivation state including at least one of a state of an environmental condition controlled by the environmental condition controller and a state of the environmental condition controlled by the environmental controller.

The plant energy integrated management system described above may further include a state photographing unit which provides a video by photographing the state of the cultivated plant in real time. In this case, the cultivation state display unit displays the state of the cultivated plant photographed by the state photographing unit.

The plant energy integrated management system described above may further include a growth analysis unit for analyzing the growth of the cultivated plant based on the environmental information detected by the environmental information detection unit. In this case, the cultivation state display unit displays the growth of the cultivated plant analyzed by the growth analyzer.

In order to achieve the above object, the integrated plant energy management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the amount of light (PPFD, roughness), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution for each type of plant and its growth time, each device Storing the cultivation conditions including at least one of the energy consumption in a database; Sensing environmental information including at least one of light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrient solution of a region where the cultivated plant is grown; Sensing energy consumption of each device including artificial lighting device that supplies the amount of light required for plant growth (PPFD, illuminance), temperature and humidity, air conditioning and heating device that provides nutrient solution, humidity generator, carbon dioxide supply device and nutrient solution related device step; Comparing the environmental information detected by the environmental information sensing step with the cultivation condition stored by the cultivation condition storing step; And automatically controlling environmental conditions including at least one of illuminance, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrient solution for a region where the cultivated plant is grown according to the result compared by the comparing step according to the autonomous processing of the system. Characterized in that.

The storage condition storage step is the environmental information including the amount of light (PPFD (Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density, Illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution according to the type and growth time of the cultivated plants and energy consumption information for each device) Can be stored as cultivation conditions. In this case, the environmental information detection step detects the environmental information of the region in which the cultivated plant is grown in real time.

The plant energy integrated management method described above, the cultivation conditions stored by the cultivation conditions storage step, the environmental information detected by the environmental information detection step, the energy consumption information for each device detected by the energy consumption information detection step, And displaying a cultivation state including at least one of environmental conditions controlled according to autonomous processing of the system.

The integrated energy management method of the plant factory may further include providing a video by photographing the state of the cultivated plant in real time. In this case, the cultivation state display step also displays the state of the cultivated plant photographed by the state photographing step.

The integrated plant energy management method may further include analyzing the growth of the cultivated plant based on the environmental information detected by the environmental information sensing step. In this case, the cultivation state display step also displays the growth of the cultivated plant analyzed by the growth analysis step.

According to the present invention, the growth environment affecting the growth of the plant and the energy consumption of each device is monitored and the amount of light (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, etc. required according to the type of plant and its growth time are monitored. Integrated automatic control is possible.

In addition, according to the present invention, by transmitting the information on the cultivated plant and the state, environmental information, environmental conditions, etc. for each environmental control device to the manager terminal integrally, administrators can quickly and quickly display the state of the cultivated plant and each device Make it easy to identify.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of the USN-based plant energy integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a monitoring main screen of the present system displayed on an administrator terminal.
3 is a view showing an example of a screen for monitoring the average information of the light amount, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, etc. of the entire cultivation and the status information of each environmental control device.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a detailed monitoring screen of environmental information, energy consumption information, growth information, and the like of each cultivation group selected by an administrator from the entire monitoring screen displayed by FIG. 3.
5 is a diagram showing an example of a control screen for adjusting the threshold of each device, such as artificial lighting device, air conditioning device, nutrient solution, humidity generating device, carbon dioxide supply device to control the environmental information when planting.
FIG. 6 is a screen for monitoring plant growth information and manager information, and device setting change information such as an artificial lighting device and a nutrient supply device, and environmental information collected from integrated sensors for environmental measurement such as temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide. It is a figure which shows the example of the.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for notifying a user through an alarm when the minimum and maximum threshold ranges set in the device control screen of FIG. 5 are outside.
8 is a view showing an example of a screen for monitoring the entire plant growth information, environmental information, energy information by cultivation management ID and cultivation ID after completion of plant cultivation.
9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for monitoring the daily use trend of each device, such as an artificial lighting device and an air conditioning device used for cultivation by cultivation management ID and cultivation ID.
10 shows communication environment settings such as communication port setting, ZigBee channel setting, Watch Delay Time for monitoring output, Log Delay Time setting for file output, LCS (Light Control System), EMS (Environment Management System), NCS (Nutrient). The figure which shows the example of the screen for registration of environmental control / measuring devices, such as a control system) and an HVAC, and setting a default value.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image for checking the growth state, device state information, and the like of a cultivated plant photographed by a state photographing unit interlocked with a camera icon located in each cultivation unit of FIG. 3.
12 is a flowchart illustrating a USN-based plant factory energy integration management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, a detailed description of known techniques well known to those skilled in the art may be omitted.

In describing the constituent elements of the present invention, the same reference numerals may be given to constituent elements having the same name, and the same reference numerals may be given thereto even though they are different from each other. However, even in such a case, it does not mean that the corresponding component has different functions according to the embodiment, or does not mean that the different components have the same function. It should be judged based on the description of each component in the example.

In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, Quot; may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected. &Quot;

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of the USN-based plant energy integrated management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the plant factory energy integrated management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, cultivation condition storage unit 110, environmental information detection unit 120, energy information detection unit 125, environmental conditions The controller 130 may include an environmental controller 140, a cultivation state display unit 150, a state photographing unit 160, and a growth analyzer 170.

The cultivation condition storage unit 110 stores a cultivation condition including at least one of the type of cultivated plants and the amount of light (PPFD, illuminance) to be supplied for each growth stage, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrient solution as a database. In this case, the cultivation condition storage unit 110 may store PPFD (Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density) ranging from photocompensation and photosaturation depending on the type of cultivated plant and its growth time as cultivation conditions.

In general, plants are affected by growth by light, temperature, water, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, etc., and the amount required depends on the type and growth time. The cultivation condition storage unit 110 stores cultivation conditions such as light quantity (PPFD, illumination), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, etc. necessary for optimal growth according to the type of plant to be grown and its growing time. The same cultivation conditions can be based on statistical data obtained through repeated experiments.

The environmental information detector 120 collects and detects environmental information such as light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, and the like in the region where the cultivated plant is grown. To this end, the environmental information detection unit 120 includes a light amount detection sensor for detecting the amount of light in each region where the cultivated plant is located in real time, a temperature detection sensor for detecting the temperature of the region where the cultivated plant is grown in real time, and the cultivated plant is grown. Humidity detection sensor that detects moisture in the soil and air in real time, Carbon dioxide detection sensor that detects the amount of carbon dioxide in the area where the cultivated plant is grown in real time, Nutrient component and the amount of nutrient solution in the underground area where the cultivated plant is grown It may be provided with a pH, EC, ultrasonic sensors, and the like. At this time, when the cultivation condition storage unit 110 stores the type of cultivated plant and the PPFD required for each growth stage as the cultivation condition, the environmental information detection unit 120 is a PPFD of the environmental information in the area where the cultivated plant is grown. The information is collected in real time to be compared with the cultivation conditions of the cultivation condition storage unit 110 through the environment control unit 140.

The energy information detecting unit 125 detects, collects, stores and monitors energy consumption for each device including an artificial lighting device, an air conditioning and heating device, a humidity generating device, a carbon dioxide supply device, and a nutrient solution related device, which are the main energy consumption sources of the region. Print to the screen.

The environmental information detection unit 120 and the energy information detection unit 125 each have a quantity of light (PPFD) for a predetermined period (user input using a setting menu) from an EMS (Environment Management System) sensor installed in each cultivation unit and a power sensor connected to the device. , Illumination), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, energy consumption, device status information, etc. can be measured and transmitted to the gateway, and each packet information can be implemented through a data collection module that stores each packet information in a database through parsing and conversion for each environmental element. .

To this end, the environmental information detecting unit 120 measures the quantity of light (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide amount, etc. at a predetermined period (ex: 2 min) from an EMS (Environment Measurement System) installed in each plant of the Mini-Plant. It measures and sends device status information such as LCS (Nurtient Control System), NCS (Environment Measurement System), PCS (Power Control System) and transmits to Gateway. The server checks the error and communication status of the data packets collected through the gateway, parses each data packet, converts it to the appropriate data type, and stores it in the database.

In addition, the energy information detector 125 measures the energy consumption of each device in real time from the k-mote attached to the LCS, NCS, and HVAC, which are energy consuming devices, and transmits the measured data to the server through the gateway to each data. Parsing a packet, converting it to a suitable data type, and storing it in a database.

Environmental condition control unit 130 is a cultivated plant in consideration of the environmental information detected by the environmental information sensor 120, energy information sensor 125 and energy consumption for each device based on the cultivation condition storage unit 110 Environmental conditions including at least one of light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrient solution for the cultivated region are adjusted.

USN-based plant factory integrated energy management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the artificial light source consisting of LED (Light Emitting Diode), halogen, etc., the frequency (Frequency), duty ratio (Duty Rate) of the artificial light source ), Intensity of illumination, and ON / OFF time can be adjusted to environmental conditions. In addition, the USN-based plant factory integrated energy management system 100 according to the present invention is provided with an air conditioner including at least one of an air conditioner, a humidifier, a blower, etc., by adjusting each air conditioner, environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity Can be adjusted. In addition, the USN-based plant factory integrated energy management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a carbon dioxide supply, and may adjust the environmental conditions for the carbon dioxide by adjusting the supply amount of the carbon dioxide supply. In addition, the plant factory energy integrated management system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a culture medium supply device for supplying a culture solution to a cultivated plant, and adjusts the components and the amount of the culture solution supplied by the culture medium supply device to environmental conditions. It may be.

The environmental controller 140 compares the environmental information and energy information detected by the environmental information detector 120 and the energy information detector 125 with the cultivation conditions stored in the cultivation condition storage unit 110, and compares the result with the result of the comparison. According to the environmental condition control unit 130 to adjust the environmental conditions. That is, the environmental control unit 140 collects environmental information such as light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, and the like for the area where the cultivated plant is grown through the environmental information sensor 120 in real time. Cultivation condition using data collected in real time using the energy consumption of each device such as artificial lighting device, air-conditioning device, humidity control device, carbon dioxide supply device, etc. used in the area where the cultivated plant is grown through the information detector 125 Compared with the cultivation conditions for the cultivated plants stored in the storage unit 110, and the environmental conditions control unit so that the environmental information of the region where the cultivated plants are grown according to the comparison result is an optimal environmental condition while consuming minimal energy information. Control 130 to adjust the environmental conditions.

Such an environmental control unit 140 may be implemented as a device control module (Device Control Module), each device installed in the plant factory, such as LCS (Light Control System), NCS (Nutrient Control System), PCS (Power Control System) For control, a transmission packet is generated using the data information input from the user through the UI, and then transmitted to the gateway, and the packet is transmitted to the corresponding device using the device ID and address information among the packet information received from the gateway receiver. The device may be controlled using the control information. At this time, if there is no response from the device even after a certain time after transmitting the packet, an interrupt is generated and the device status information is transmitted to the user through a UI output. Here, the LCS receives user input of each LCS environment element (LCS address, Action Time, Frequency, Duty Rate, On / Off Time, Intensity, etc.) through the UI screen, generates LCS Protocol transmission packet, and then through the Gateway. Sends LCS Control success to server. In addition, NCS receives user input of each NCS environment element (LCS address, Action Time) through UI screen, generates NCS Protocol transmission packet and sends it to Gateway. Gateway checks the communication status of NCS and then NCS After transmitting the Protocol Packet, it transmits the control success of the NCS to the Gateway. PCS measures power consumption per k-mote attached to each device through UI screen and transmits it to server through Gateway and controls each device on / off.

The cultivation state display unit 150 is a cultivation condition stored in the cultivation condition storage unit 110, environmental information detected by the environmental information detection unit 120, energy information detected by the energy information detection unit 125, environmental condition control Environmental conditions controlled by the unit 130, the state of each device, the growth state of the plant, etc. may be displayed on the manager terminal (not shown) in the cultivation state. Figure 2 shows an example of the monitoring screen for the status of environmental information, energy information, environmental conditions, plant growth, etc. displayed on the manager terminal, Figure 3 shows the amount of light, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution of the entire cultivation An example of the screen for monitoring the average information and the status information of each environmental control device is shown. In this way, the administrator can monitor the environmental information on the cultivated plants and the actual environmental conditions around them. When one of the environmental information or the actual environmental conditions is selected, detailed information about the selected environmental information or the actual environmental conditions may be provided as a monitoring screen as shown in FIG. 4. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the cultivation state display unit 150 displays a monitoring screen corresponding to each environmental control device (air conditioner, carbon dioxide supplier, artificial light source, etc.) corresponding to the environmental condition controller 130. It may be provided to the administrator terminal, it is also possible to adjust the environmental conditions of the environmental condition control unit 130 according to the value set by the administrator.

The cultivation state display unit 150 may be implemented through a data monitoring module and a data logging module. The data monitoring module collects environmental information (LUX, Temperature, Humidity, CO2, etc.) collected from EMS and power sensors for collecting environmental information installed in each cultivation and device, and energy consumption per device (Device_ID, Device_name, W, Wh). Etc.) and growth information (Crop_ID, Crop_name, Recipe_ID, Start_date, End_date, Growth_stage, etc.) are output in real time to each field of each cultivation group of the UI. At this time, the data monitoring module outputs the environment information (Lux, Temperature, Humidity, CO2, etc.) stored in the database to each field of the UI in real time, and the energy consumption (Device_ID, Device_name, W, Wh, etc.) for each device stored in the database. The total energy consumption is output to the UI in real time, and the growth information of plants (Crop_ID, Crop_name, Recipe_ID, Version, Start_date, End_date, Growth_stages, etc.) stored in the database can be output to each field of the UI.

The data logging module displays the environmental information, energy consumption data, and device status information collected from EMS installed in each cultivation plant and power sensors connected to each device, and the status information for each device is set as a .csv file for each day. You can save it in the UI and print it as a confirmation message. At this time, the data logging module stores the temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide measured in a certain cycle (ex: 2min) from the EMS installed in each Mini-Plant in the server in the form of “EMS_2011_09_18.txt”, and LCS and NCS which are energy consumption devices. , Real-time energy consumption measured from the k-mote of HVAC is saved in the form of “Energy_2011_09_18.txt” on the server. In case of LCS and NCS, whenever the information is changed by user input, “LCS_2011_09_18.txt”, “NCS_2011_09_18. txt ”format to disk space. In addition, the status information of LCS, NCS, EMS can be checked and saved in the form of “Communication Success!” OR “Communication Failed!” In the “Status_2011_09_18.txt” file.

The state photographing unit 160 may be configured as a camera for photographing a region where the cultivated plant is grown, and an image of the state of the cultivated plant photographed by the state photographing unit 160 is transmitted to the cultivation state display unit 150. It may be displayed. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the state photographing unit 160 photographs an area where each cultivated plant is cultivated and transmits the photographed state to the cultivation state display unit 150. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, when the minimum and maximum threshold ranges set in the device control screen of FIG. 5 are outside, a screen for notifying a user through an alarm may appear. In addition, as shown in Figure 8, after plant cultivation is completed, a screen for monitoring the plant growth information, environmental information, and energy information for each cultivation management ID and cultivation ID ID may be generated, as shown in FIG. Screen for monitoring the daily use trend of each device such as artificial lighting device and air conditioning device used for cultivation by cultivation management ID and cultivation ID may be generated, as shown in FIG. 10, communication port setting and ZigBee channel setting Communication environment settings such as Watch Delay Time for monitoring output, Log Delay Time for file output, LCS (Light Control System), EMS (Environment Management System), NCS (Nutrient Control System), PCS (Power Control System) Screens for registration of environmental control / measuring devices, such as HVAC and HVAC, and for setting default values. As shown in FIG. 11, the manager selects a state image of a cultivated plant for the cultivated plant to check the light irradiation form, the surrounding state, etc. of the cultivated plant in real time.

The state photographing unit 160 may be implemented in conjunction with an IP camera for real-time monitoring. In other words, when the user clicks the camera icon located in each cultivation of Smart Farm Monitoring System UI screen, it is connected to the real-time video streaming server directly connected to the system, and the live video information that can check the plant growth status and device status information, etc. Can be provided. In this case, in order to solve the service constraints caused by the Internet environment, a still image may be captured every predetermined time, stored in an image server, and provided according to a user's selection.

The growth analyzer 170 analyzes the growth of the cultivated plant based on the environmental information detected by the environmental information detector 120. At this time, the cultivation condition storage unit 110 stores the general growth state of the cultivated plant as a database, the growth analysis unit 170 is the actual information of the cultivated plant according to the environmental information detected by the environmental information sensor 120 The growth state may be compared with the growth state stored in the cultivation condition storage unit 110. In this case, the environmental control unit 140 controls the environmental condition adjusting unit 130 according to the result compared by the growth analysis unit 170 and the result measured by the energy information detection unit 125 to the environment for the cultivated plant. You can also adjust the conditions. In addition, the cultivation state display unit 150 may also display the growth state of the cultivated plant analyzed by the growth analyzer 170.

12 is a flowchart illustrating a method for integrated plant energy management according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 12, the cultivation condition storage unit 110 stores cultivation conditions including at least one of light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide for a cultivated plant as a database (S810). In this case, the cultivation condition storage unit 110 may store PPFD (Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density) required as a cultivation condition depending on the type of cultivated plant and its growth stage.

The state photographing unit 160 may be configured as a camera for photographing a region where the cultivated plant is grown, and an image of the state of the cultivated plant photographed by the state photographing unit 160 is transmitted to the cultivation state display unit 150. It may be displayed (S820).

The environmental information detector 120 collects and detects environmental information such as light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, and the like in the region where the cultivated plant is grown (S830). To this end, the environmental information detection unit 120 includes a light amount detection sensor that detects a light quantity at a location where a cultivated plant is grown in real time, a temperature detection sensor that detects a temperature of a region where the cultivated plant is grown in real time, and a soil in which the cultivated plant is grown. And a humidity detection sensor for detecting moisture in the air in real time, a carbon dioxide detection sensor for detecting the amount of carbon dioxide in the area where the cultivated plant is grown in real time, and a nutrient solution in the underground area where the cultivated plant is grown, and the amount thereof. pH, EC, ultrasonic sensors and the like can be provided. At this time, when the cultivation condition storage unit 110 stores the type of cultivated plants and the PPFD required for each growth stage as cultivation conditions, the environmental information detector 120 real-time environment information in the area where the cultivated plants are grown. Collected by the environmental control unit 140 to be compared with the cultivation conditions of the cultivation condition storage unit 110.

In addition, the energy information detecting unit 125 detects and collects energy consumption for each device including an artificial lighting device, a heating and cooling device, a humidity generating device, a carbon dioxide supplying device, and a nutrient solution related device, which are the main energy consumption sources of the region, and stores them in a database. And output to the monitoring screen.

The environmental controller 140 compares the environmental information detected by the environmental information detector 120 and the energy information detector 125 with the cultivation conditions stored in the cultivation condition storage unit 110 (S840), and compares the According to the environmental condition control unit 130 to adjust the environmental conditions (S850). That is, the environmental control unit 140 collects environmental information such as light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, and the like for the area where the cultivated plant is grown through the environmental information sensor 120 in real time. Through the information detection unit 125 collects the energy consumption for each device, such as artificial lighting, air conditioning, humidity control device, carbon dioxide supply device used in the region where the cultivated plants are grown. In addition, the environmental control unit 140 compares the collected environmental information and energy information with the cultivation conditions for the cultivated plants stored in the cultivation condition storage unit 110, and the environmental information of the area in which the cultivated plants are grown according to the comparison result The environmental condition is adjusted by controlling the environmental condition adjusting unit 130 to be the optimal environmental conditions while consuming minimal energy information.

The growth analyzer 170 analyzes the growth of the cultivated plant based on the environmental information detected by the environmental information detector 120, the environmental conditions controlled by the environmental condition controller 130, and the like (S860). At this time, the cultivation condition storage unit 110 stores the general growth state of the cultivated plant as a database, the growth analysis unit 170 is the actual information of the cultivated plant according to the environmental information detected by the environmental information sensor 120 The growth state may be compared with the growth state stored in the cultivation condition storage unit 110. In this case, the environmental control unit 140 may adjust the environmental conditions for the cultivated plants by controlling the environmental condition adjusting unit 130 according to the results compared by the growth analysis unit 170. In addition, the cultivation state display unit 150 may also display the growth state of the cultivated plant analyzed by the growth analyzer 170.

The cultivation state display unit 150 is a condition such as cultivation conditions stored in the cultivation condition storage unit 110, environmental information detected by the environmental information sensing unit 120, environmental conditions controlled by the environmental condition adjusting unit 130, And the state of the environmental condition controlled by the environmental controller 140 may be displayed on the manager terminal in a cultivated state (S870).

In this way, the manager can monitor the environmental information, environmental control status, etc. for the cultivated plants, and can also manually adjust the environmental conditions according to the state of the cultivated plants by entering the environmental conditions for each cultivated plant.

The present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, as all the constituent elements constituting the embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined or operated in one operation. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. In addition, such a computer program may be stored in a computer-readable medium such as a USB memory, a CD disk, a flash memory, etc., and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. As the storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, or the like may be included.

Furthermore, all terms including technical or scientific terms have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined in the Detailed Description. Terms used generally, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. In addition, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention but to limit the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

A cultivation condition storage unit for storing cultivation conditions including at least one of kinds of cultivated plants and light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution,
An environmental information sensing unit for sensing environmental information including at least one of light amount (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide of the cultivating area;
An energy information sensing unit for sensing an energy consumption amount of each device including an artificial lighting device, an air conditioning and heating device, a humidity generating device, a carbon dioxide supplying device, and a nutrient solution-related device,
An environmental condition adjuster for adjusting environmental conditions including at least one of illuminance, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrient solution for the cultivated area; And
Compare the environmental information detected by the environmental information detection unit and the energy consumption information detection unit with the cultivation conditions stored in the cultivation condition storage unit, and automatically controls the environmental condition control unit according to the autonomous processing of the system according to the comparison result Environmental control section to say
And a plant plant energy integrated management system.
The method of claim 1,
The cultivation condition storage unit stores environmental information including the type of the cultivated plant and the light amount (PPFD (Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density), illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution and energy consumption information for each device Condition,
Wherein the environmental information sensing unit senses environmental information of an area where the cultivated plant is grown in real time.
3. The method of claim 2,
A cultivation indicating a cultivation state including at least one of a cultivation condition stored in the cultivation condition storage unit, environmental information detected by the environment information sensing unit, and energy consumption information for each device detected by the energy consumption information sensing unit Status display
Further comprising an energy management system for managing plant energy.
The method of claim 3, wherein
A state photographing unit for photographing the state of the cultivated plant in real time and providing it as a moving picture,
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Wherein the cultivation status display unit displays together the status of the cultivated plant photographed by the state photographing unit.
The method of claim 3, wherein
A growth analysis unit for analyzing the growth of the cultivated plant based on environmental information sensed by the environmental information sensing unit;
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And the cultivation state display unit displays together the growth of the cultivated plant analyzed by the growth analysis unit.
Storing a cultivation condition including at least one of types of cultivated plants and light quantity (PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution,
(PPFD, illuminance), temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide in the area where the cultivated plant is cultivated, information including at least one of the light amount (PPFD, illuminance) Sensing an energy consumption amount of each device including a heating and cooling device, a humidity generating device, a carbon dioxide supplying device, and a nutrient solution-related device for providing a nutrient solution;
Comparing environmental information sensed by the environmental information sensing step with a cultivation condition stored by the cultivation condition storing step; And
Automatically controlling environmental conditions including at least one of illuminance, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, and nutrient solution for the cultivation area of the cultivated plant according to a result of the comparison by the comparison step according to autonomous processing of the system
Wherein the plant is a plant.
The method according to claim 6,
In the cultivation condition storage step, environmental information including PPFD (light intensity), temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, nutrient solution, and energy consumption information of each device according to the type of cultivated plant and its growth period Cultivation conditions,
Wherein the environmental information sensing step senses environmental information of an area where the cultivated plant is grown in real time.
8. The method of claim 7,
A cultivation condition stored by the cultivation condition storing step, environmental information sensed by the environmental information sensing step, energy consumption information of each device sensed by the energy consumption information sensing step, and environment controlled according to autonomous processing of the system A step of displaying a cultivation state including at least one of the conditions
Further comprising the steps of:
The method of claim 8,
Photographing the state of the cultivated plant in real time and providing it as a moving picture
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Wherein the cultivation status display step displays together the status of the cultivated plants photographed by the status photographing step.
The method of claim 3, wherein
Analyzing the growth of the cultivated plant based on environmental information sensed by the environmental information sensing step
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Wherein the step of displaying the cultivation state simultaneously displays the growth of the cultivated plant analyzed by the growing analysis step.

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