Smart greenhouse covers: a look into the future

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Ontwikkelingsmogelijkheden voor de agrarische sector in Caribisch Nederland

“…Daarnaast zijn er volgens Spoelstra 2019 Zulke investeringen zijn alleen rendabel in een beschermde omgeving van een [gaas]kas die groot genoeg is voor commerciële productie. Voor het beste resultaat zouden de eigenschappen van het gaas (vooral kleur en porositeit) afgestemd moeten zijn op het lokale klimaat (wind, minima en maxima temperatuur, zonnestraling) (Baeza et al, 2020). Gezien de klimaatverschillen tussen de eilanden en zelfs binnen een eiland zou hier in advisering met betrekking tot keuze van het gaas, rekening mee moeten worden gehouden (Hemming & Baeza-Romer, 2019).…”

Bio-Inspired Robots and Structures toward Fostering the Modernization of Agriculture

“…The choice of suitable materials for agricultural structures predicts productivity, operational costs, durability, and the sustainability of operations; this is because materials predict heat losses, insulation, and the absorption of UV radiation, humidity, and temperature [ 61 , 152 , 153 , 154 ]. Significant attention has been directed toward selecting suitable materials for livestock structures, farming equipment, silos for seeds and crops, as well as for greenhouses and their frames and covers [ 13 , 128 , 155 , 156 ]. Traditional farm buildings were designed as industrial buildings, using stone, brick, steel, or even timber; however, new structures are fitted with sensors and IoT systems for better regulation of the microclimate [ 24 , 61 , 153 , 154 , 157 ].…”

Smart and Solar Greenhouse Covers: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives

“…The resolution should be informed by experimental data rather than simulations. The simulations of smart material's ability to selectively filter certain ranges of wavelength (PAR, NIR, TIR) provides estimates that might deviate from the actual values after accounting for external environmental/meteorological parameters (Baeza et al, 2020). In addition, it is challenging to accurately estimate the domino effects on fruit quality and risk of diseases following the incorporation of smart greenhouse covering materials.…”

“…On the contrary, PVs have disadvantages such as low heat storage capacity of soil and optimal solar accumulation on the northern wall contributed to significant heat fluxes; this increased the need for active heating to regulate indoor soil and air temperature for optimal vegetation growth (Huang et al, 2021). There are also varied concerns about the cost of commercially available electrochromic glass or polymer dispersed liquid crystals (Baeza et al, 2020). The observations made by Huang et al (2021) were corroborated by Ravishankar et al (2020), who demonstrated that energy fluxes in greenhouse predicted the cooling and heating demands.…”