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VEGETABLE GROWTH AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A VEGETABLE FACTORY USING OFF-PEAK ELECTRICITY

Article number

229_39

Pages

353 – 359

Language

English

Abstract

A vegetable factory applying natural light for vegetables growth and off-peak electricity for air conditioning has been developed to achieve successive, agricultural chemicals free and labor-saving production.

A movable hydroponic system with spacing according to vegetable growth is adopted for effective use of the cultivating room, greenhouse.
An artificial light and triple thermal screens are equipped to supply additional luminous energy and to reduce the air conditioning load, respectively.

The air cooling load inside the cultivating room could be reduced by 33% in summertime by the thermal screens operated on the basis of the level of outside solar radiation intensity.
The yields of lettuce and spinach were able to be increased by 1.7 times by using the movable tray system as compared with those by a traditional cultivation, fixed density.
The vegetable factory has the advantages of cultivating many kinds of vegetables simultaneously and requiring little electricity demand.

Publication

Symposium on Biological Aspects of Energy Saving in Protected Cultivation

Authors

T. Okano, T. Hoshi, T. Sekiyama

Keywords

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https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1988.229.39

Online Articles (48)

1. BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ENERGY SAVING IN PROTECTED CULTIVATION

F. Tognoni | G. Serra

2. ENERGY SAVING THROUGH BREEDING FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE

F. Saccardo | A. Sonnino

3. ENERGY SAVING THROUGH BREEDING FOR ADAPTATION TO GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION

E. BERNINGER | J. PHILOUZE

4. ENERGY SAVING THROUGH NEW PLANT ARCHITECTURE

G.P. Soressi | G.T. Scarascia Mugnozza

5. REDUCING CHILLING INJURY WITH MEFLUIDIDE IN CORN (ZFA MA YS L.) PLANTS

Paul H. Li

6. PLANT TOLERANCE OF SALINITY IN GREENHOUSES – PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

M. Zeroni

7. CARBON, NITROGEN AND WATER USE OF C₃, C₄ AND CAM PLANTS. COMPARATIVE ASPECTS.

G. Gebauer

8. WATER VAPOUR AND CARBON DIOXIDE EXCHANGE OF LEAVES AS AFFECTED BY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

M. Küppers

9. THE INTEGRATION OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY WITH PHYSICAL CHANGES IN THE GREENHOUSE CLIMATE

K.E. Cockshull

10. SOILLESS CULTURE TECHNIQUE AND ITS RELATION TO THE GREENHOUSE CLIMATE

C.M.M. van Winden

11. PREDICTION OF PRODUCTION: REQUISITE OF AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

H. Challa

12. EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY ON GREENHOUSE CROPS

D.W. Hand

13. THE EFFECTS OF HUMIDITY ON GROWTH AND PRODUCTION OF GLASSHOUSE CUCUMBERS, TOMATOES AND SWEET PEPPERS

J.C. Bakker

14. PLANT RESPONSE AND ENERGY USE IN FIVE HIGH THERMAL RESISTANCE GREENHOUSES

B.J. Bailey | A. Hunter

15. BREEDING CHRYSANTHEMUM AND ROSES FOR LOW NIGHT TEMPERATURES IN SOUTHERN FRANCE

E. Berninger | R. Alvarez | M.J. Marquier | R. Barrade | C. Courbet

16. MODELLING OF WATER POTENTIAL AND WATER UPTAKE RATE OF TOMATO PLANTS IN THE GREENHOUSE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS.

G.T. Bruggink | H.E. Schouwink | Th.H. Gieling

17. MEASUREMENTS OF CLIMATE AND PLANT GROWTH IN SOLAR BIOCLIMATIC GREENHOUSE

C.A. Campiotti | S. Camporeale | M.F. Salice | R. Vitale

18. ORNAMENTAL PLANTS PRODUCTION IN SOLAR ACTIVE GREENHOUSE

S. Camporeale | C.A. Campiotti | F. Pacciaroni | M.F. Salice | R. Vitale

19. STOMATAL BEHAVIOUR OF ANANAS UNDER PROTECTED CULTIVATION

M. Candeias | A. Silva | R. Rosa

20. INFLUENCE OF ROOT TEMPERATURE ON TOMATO GROWTH AND NITROGEN NUTRITION

P. Cornillon

21. AUTOMATION OF THE WATER SUPPLY OF GLASSHOUSE CROPS BY MEANS OF CALCULATION THE TRANSPIRATION AND MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF DRAINAGE WATER

R. de Graaf

22. MORE EFFICIENT USE OF BASE LOAD HEATING WITH A TEMPERATURE INTEGRATING CONTROL PROGRAMME. EFFECT ON DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH AND PRODUCTION OF TOMATO.

A.N.M. de Koning

23. THERMAL SCREEN TRIAL WITH TOMATO, PEPPER AND EGG-PLANT

A. Duranti | G. Barbieri | A.M.R. Lanza

24. A SIMPLE CARBON BALANCE MODEL SIMULATING THE SHORT-TERM RESPONSES OF YOUNG VEGETATIVE TOMATO PLANTS TO LIGHT, CO₂ AND TEMPERATURE

C. Gary

25. PREDICTION OF THE RESPONSE OF GREENHOUSE CROP PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS BY INTEGRATION OF PHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL MODELS

H. Gijzen | J.A. ten Cate

26. VEGETABLE GROWTH AS AFFECTED BY ON-OFF LIGHT INTENSITY DEVELOPED FOR VEGETABLE FACTORY

Y. Hashimoto | Y. Yi | F. Nyunoya | Y. Anzai | H. Yamazaki | S. Nakayama | A. Ikeda

27. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC USE OF HEAT AND CO₂ IN GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION

H. Krug

28. THE BIOPHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE ORGANOMINERAL ROOT MEDIUM AGROECOLOGY

N.Yu. Konovalov | P.P. Gonchar-Zaikin | O.S. Zhuravlev

29. EFFECTS OF PHOTOPERIOD, CO2 CONCENTRATION, AND LIGHT INTENSITY ON GROWTH AND NET PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATES OF LETTUCE AND TURNIP

A. Ikeda | S. Nakayama | Y. Kitaya | K. Yabuki

30. RESPONSE OF SANSEVIERIA TRIFASCIATA VAR. LAURENTII TO SOIL TEMPERATURE MODIFICATIONS BY MEANS OF WASTE HEAT

G. La Malfa | G. Noto | S. Pulvirenti | F. Parrini | D. Casarotti

31. GENETIC DIFFERENCES IN NET PHOTOSYNTHETIC TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF VRIESEA-SPECIES AND -HYBRIDS

L. Lauwers | O. Mekers | D. Vertonghen | A. Calus

32. COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT THERMAL UNIT METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE FRUIT RIPENING IN TOMATO

V. Lipari | G. Mauromicale | S. Cosentino

33. PARTHENOCARPY AND AUXINIC TREATMENTS IN FRUITING OF TOMATO IN A COLD GREENHOUSE

V. Lipari | A. Paratore

34. COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF WATER-COOLED AND AIR-COOLED HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LAMPS ON LETTUCE GROWTH

K.R. Mankin | P.N. Walker

35. VALIDITY OF THERMAL UNIT SUMMATIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PREDICTION IN PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L. CROPPED IN MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT.

G. Mauromicale | S. Cosentino | V. Copani

36. EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT ENERGY SAVING TECHNIQUES ON A TOMATO CROP

A. Mercier | C. Darbellay | F. Calame | S. Lutz | A. Reist | O. Jolliet | J.-B. Gay | L. Danloy | C. Moncousin | J.-P. Baumgartner | J. Burnier

37. DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION OF THE CO2 CONCENTRATION IN GREENHOUSES: AN EXPERIMENT WITH CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS SATIVUS L.)

E.M. Nederhoff

38. PHOTOREGULATORY RESPONSES AND THEIR UTILISATION IN INTENSIFICATION OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES OF PLANTS AND FOR ENERGY SAVING IN PLANT-GROWING

G.A. Odumanova-Dunaeva

39. VEGETABLE GROWTH AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A VEGETABLE FACTORY USING OFF-PEAK ELECTRICITY

T. Okano | T. Hoshi | T. Sekiyama

40. GROWTH ANALYSIS OF MONOSTEM TOMATO GENOTYPE IN N.F.T.

A. Pardossi | F. Tognoni | P. Frangi | G.P. Soressi

41. THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT HARDENING TREATMENTS ON TOMATO SEEDLING GROWTH, CHILLING RESISTANCE AND CROP PRODUCTION IN COLD GREENHOUSE

A. Pardossi | F. Tognoni | S.S. Lovemore

42. THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND AGE OF PLANT AT TRANSPLANTING ON BOLTING AND YIELD OF CHICORY (CICHORIUM INTYBUS L.) CV. ROSSO DI CHIOGGIA GROWN FOR EARLY PRODUCTION

F. Pimpini | G. Gianquinto

43. EFFECTS OF ENERGY SAVING TECHNIQUES ON THE GROWTH AND QUALITY OF GLASSHOUSE LETTUCE.

A. Reist | C. Darbellay | F. Calame | A. Mercier | S. Lutz | O. Jolliet | J.-B. Gay | L. Danloy | C. Moncousin | J.-P. Baumgartner | J. Burnier

44. EFFECT OF PROLONGED DAY TEMPERATURE IN NIGHT-TIME AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NIGHT TEMPERATURE ON GROWTH OF CORDYLINE “LORD ROBERTSON”.

G. Serra | C. Carrai

45. HEAT AND WATER VAPOR TRANSFER ACROSS THE BOUNDARY LAYER OF ARTIFICIAL LEAVES IN A GREENHOUSE

A. Silva | R. Rosa | M. Candeias

46. MICROCLIMATE AND TRANSPIRATION OF GREENHOUSE CROPS

C. Stanghellini

47. ENDOGENOUS ABA, PA AND DPA LEVELS IN CHILLED TOMATO SEEDLINGS

P. Vernieri | F. Tognoni

48. EFFECT OF ROOT-ZONE HEATING ON POTPLANTS

J.V.M. Vogelezang