Microclimate modeling and control: A multizone approach

Multizone approach for greenhouse microclimate control is an interesting way to overcome temperature and humidity problems. Colombia is the world´s second largest flowers producer, and Bogotá´s savannah contains most of the crops. The currently implemented solutions are rudimentary and in some cases, inefficient. In this work we use a model that represents temperature and humidity, which has the same characteristics as some biological models used in behavioral ecology. In order to control each of the variables, we use a population dynamics approach to properly allocate the resources in the greenhouse. A stability analysis is performed under some assumptions, and the simulations illustrate the performance of our method under different operation conditions.