FIELD: agriculture.
SUBSTANCE: disclosed group of inventions relates to hydroponic systems for year-round soilless cultivation of plants in a wide range of climatic zones, as well as to an automated substrate-free method of cultivating plants. Hardware and software system for vertical cultivation of plants comprises a housing made in the form of an isothermal container with a low heat transfer coefficient, reinforced by an internal prefabricated frame, on which equipment is rigidly fixed. Housing inner space is divided by partitions with door openings across its longitudinal axis into at least three compartments. First compartment is intended for cultivation of plants. On the prefabricated frame of the first compartment, racks from a structural profile are rigidly fixed, incl. a rack for arrangement of germinators and a rack for a horizontally oriented multitier system of vertical plant growing. Horizontally oriented multitier system of vertical plant growing comprises at least two independent cultivation circuits: a circuit using a hydroponic technology of growing plants and a circuit using an aeroponic technology of growing plants. Also, the compartment contains reservoirs for nutrient solution with integrated sensors of solution parameters (T, EC, O2, ORP, pH), source of CO2 (12), lighting system, climate control system, ventilation system, sensors of environmental parameters, phenotyping system integrated into software and hardware of farm. Phenotyping system contains photographic cameras required for monitoring the growth and development of plants, as well as for assessing the quality of the product. Second compartment is intended for performance of servicing works and arrangement of engineering equipment. Compartment contains tanks for clean and drainage water with a filtration system, a device for controlling parameters of the nutrient solution, a service and hygiene zone, pumps for hydroponics and aeroponics, a dehumidifier, an ozoniser and a solution unit equipped with fertilizer dispensers and a filling function. In the third compartment there is an operator’s workstation, a water supply system control panel, a complex control system, communications for connecting the farm to power supply and water supply systems, and a PPE cabinet. Complex is entered through an entrance door located in the third compartment.
EFFECT: due to automation of the complex and the use of a phenotyping system, the need for the presence of personnel for servicing the complex is minimized and labour costs, water and fertilizer consumption are reduced.
10 cl, 5 dwg
