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PLANT FACTORY IN TAIWAN USING MOVING LIGHT WITH MULTI-LAYERS

Article number
578_32
Pages
263 – 271
Language
English
Abstract
The goal of this paper is to introduce a successful story of ‘Horticulture’ plus ‘Engineering’ and to show that the next promising future in the global Bio-Industry lies in part in the world of the controlled environment agriculture (CEA). The success of Sunrise Biotechnology Co., Ltd set a good model for the development of CEA in Taiwan.
Decision support system was developed to aid the decision-making process in all aspects of renovation.
This paper will first introduce the development of a 2-story plant factory with multi-layers of moving light and benches and secondly, reveal the guidelines and analysis related to the selection of profitable crops and fixed and operating costs of using artificial moving light.

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Authors
C.-C. Lai, W. Fang, S.-F. Chang
Keywords
moving light, plant factory, CEA, Taiwan, Phalaenopsis
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