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S&M3914 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM5276 Published: January 31, 2025 Greenhouse for Effective Agriculture with Electricity Generation and Water Collection Systems [PDF] Kuang-Chung Chen, Min-Chie Chiu, Ho-Chih Cheng, Yu-Hsin Wang, and Tian-Syung Lan (Received August 5, 2024; Accepted January 15, 2025) Keywords: agriculture, green energy, IoT base, long range, monitoring, water
Global warming and pollution have increased concerns about the agricultural industry and are regarded as contributing to the decrease in global crop production. Therefore, advanced agricultural methods have been researched and applied in farming. Using improved sensors and communication technology, we designed a greenhouse that can generate electricity from renewable energy sources and collect water from precipitation, which does not need additional energy and water resources. Solar panels and a wind turbine were employed to generate electricity to operate the sensors and devices of the greenhouse, while a rainwater collection and storage system was developed to supply water to grow plants. Building on sustainable green energy and water resources, an advanced plant cultivation system operates within a greenhouse. It adjusts key environmental parameters, including soil moisture, air temperature, humidity, and illumination, through the use of sensors and actuators such as mist sprayers, ventilators, heating bulbs, water sprayers, and sun-shading devices. To enable real-time monitoring of the aforementioned environmental parameters, sensor data and monitoring results were sent to a server installed in a personal computer and on the cloud and were used to control heaters, cooling fans, LEDs, water sprayers, water pumps, and others for automated farming. Since farming is often carried out in remote areas where Internet connectivity may be unavailable or weak, a long-range technology that operates independently of Internet networks is proposed. The developed greenhouse can be controlled remotely using the long-range technology. The greenhouse can be implemented in remote areas where resources and access to the Internet are limited. A prototype was created for testing but it needs to be tested on a real scale to evaluate its operation.
Corresponding author: Min-Chie Chiu![]() ![]() This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Kuang-Chung Chen, Min-Chie Chiu, Ho-Chih Cheng, Yu-Hsin Wang, and Tian-Syung Lan, Greenhouse for Effective Agriculture with Electricity Generation and Water Collection Systems, Sens. Mater., Vol. 37, No. 1, 2025, p. 369-379. |