Title :
Energy savings of home growing plants by using daylight and LED
Author :
Sungwon Lee ; Sekwang Park
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Kyungpook Nat. Univ., Daegu, South Korea
Abstract :
This paper is focused on the research of the energy saving technology for household dissemination of plant factory through using artificial light source. By controlling the LED according to the intensity of radiation of sunlight through using photo sensor, 260 PPFD (Photosynthesis Photon Flux Density), which is needed to the crop, are consistently maintained regardless of the change of the photo-environment. For the optimum growth efficiency of the crop, the percentage of LED by colors is decided. The percentage of the energy saving between the plant cultivation by the artificial light source and the plant cultivation by sunlight suggested at this research is compared, and about 43 % of the saving effect is acknowledged.
Keywords :
daylighting; energy conservation; light emitting diodes; light sources; photosynthesis; 260 PPFD; LED; artificial light source; daylight; energy saving technology; home growing plants; household dissemination; photo sensor; photosynthesis photon flux density; plant cultivation; plant factory; radiation intensity; Batteries; Control systems; Green products; Light emitting diodes; Lighting; energy saving; household dissemination; plant factory; sunlight;
Conference_Titel :
Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Galveston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4636-8
DOI :
10.1109/SAS.2013.6493586