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A new plant growth system rig based on thermodynamic solar energy: a study for energy efficiency assessment
| dc.contributor.author | Coelho, João Paulo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gonçalves, José | |
| dc.contributor.author | Braz-César, Manuel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dias, José João Cruz | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-10T09:08:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-10T09:08:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | At the present there is a high pressure toward the improvement of all production processes. Those improvements can target distinct factors along the production chain. In particular, and due to recent tight energy efficiency policies, those that involve energy efficiency. As can be expected, agricultural processes are not immune to this tendency. Even more when dealing with indoor productions. In this context, this work presents an innovative system that aims to improve the energy efficiency of a trees growing platform. This improvement in energy consumption is accomplished by replacing an electric heating system by one based on thermodynamic panels. The assessment of the heating fluid caudal and its temperature was experimentally obtained by means of a custom made scaled prototype whose actuators status are commanded by a Fuzzy-based controller. The obtained results suggest that the change in the heating paradigm will lead to overall savings that can easily reach 60% on the energy bill. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work is financed by the Project TEC4Growth - Pervasive Intelligence, Enhancers and Proofs of Concept with Industrial Impact / NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000020”, which is financed by the North Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, and through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Coelho, J.P.; Gonçalves, José; Braz-César, M.T.; Dias, José (2016). A new plant growth system rig based on thermodynamic solar energy. In 12th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control. Guimarães | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-3-319-43671-5_51 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-3-319-43670-8 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/13367 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Springer | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Energy efficiency | |
| dc.subject | Renewable energy | |
| dc.subject | Fuzzy controller | |
| dc.title | A new plant growth system rig based on thermodynamic solar energy: a study for energy efficiency assessment | pt_PT |
| dc.type | conference paper | |
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| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Guimarães | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | 12th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 402 | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Coelho | |
| person.familyName | Gonçalves | |
| person.familyName | Braz-César | |
| person.givenName | João Paulo | |
| person.givenName | José | |
| person.givenName | Manuel | |
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| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-7616-1383 | |
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| person.identifier.rid | J-6887-2013 | |
| person.identifier.rid | B-8547-2018 | |
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| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
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