15666results about "Agriculture gas emission reduction" patented technology

A method and apparatus for extracting CO₂ from air comprising an anion exchange material formed in a matrix exposed to a flow of the air, and for delivering that extracted CO₂ to controlled environments. The present invention contemplates the extraction of CO2 from air using conventional extraction methods or by using one of the extraction methods disclosed; e.g., humidity swing or electro dialysis. The present invention also provides delivery of the CO₂ to greenhouses where increased levels of CO₂ will improve conditions for growth. Alternatively, the CO₂ is fed to an algae culture.

A system includes an enclosed space defining a controllable environment chamber. The system also includes at least one monitoring device configured to measure multiple characteristics of an environment within the chamber. The system further includes multiple actuators configured to alter the characteristics of the environment within the chamber. The enclosed space includes at least one rack system configured to be placed within the enclosed space. Each rack system includes multiple layers configured to receive multiple plants to be grown in the chamber. The actuators are configured to adjust the characteristics of the environment within the chamber to condition the environment based on the plants to be grown in the chamber.

An aeroponic growing system and method is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the system includes at least one vertical column of interconnected growing pots and an overhead support to suspend the vertical column of interconnected growing pots. The system also includes a supply conduit that is in fluid communication with a top of the vertical column of interconnected growing pots and a return conduit in fluid communication with a bottom of the vertical column of interconnected growing pots. In addition, the system includes a reservoir in fluid communication with the supply conduit and the return conduit. A turning mechanism may also be used for rotating the column to achieve uniformity of illumination.

The invention discloses a revegetation system on steep rocky slopes and an implementing method thereof, which are suitable for surface vegetalization of steep rocky uncover slopes with the gradient of 60 degrees above. A slope drainage system is arranged in the system to prevent the vegetalization layer from being flushed by rainwater and reduce water loss and soil erosion; a mix-sprayed vegetalization layer plastic-covered with iron wire corrugated meshes and consisting of continuous fiber is arranged on the slopes and has stable structure, rich nutrition and functions of water conservation and ventilation. The casting separator prevents the mix-sprayed vegetalization layer from sliding downwards; and a drop irrigation facility is distributed to make sure that the vegetalization layer is moist. After maintenance of mix-sprayed construction on the slopes, the vegetable layer with herbaceous plants and shrubs can be effectively formed, thereby reconstructing the destructed vegetables on the slopes and recovering the natural landscapes on the uncover slopes.

Solutions containing microorganisms differing in characteristics from each other and living in symbiosis with each other and enzymes characterized by containing aerobic microorganisms, anaerobic microorganisms and at least one basidiomycete belonging to the family Pleurotaceae living in symbiosis, metabolites thereof and enzymes; carriers obtained by adsorbing the components of the above solutions onto finely ground carbonaceous materials; and porous materials obtained by adsorbing the components of the above solutions onto porous materials. Because of having various effects of absorbing, adsorbing and decomposing harmful matters, deodorizing, decolorizing, etc., these materials are applicable to various uses in the fields of agriculture and environment.

Disclosed herein is a high growth, high density, closed environment growing system and methods thereof. A method of accelerating plant cell growth in a growing system may include adjusting the lighting in accordance with an identified plant growth stage.

A computer implemented system for a vertical farming system comprising at least a first crop growth module and operating in an environmentally-controlled growing chamber, the control system comprising sensors for measuring environmental growing conditions in the environmentally-controlled growing chamber over time to generate environmental condition data, a device configured for measuring a crop characteristic of a crop grown in the crop growth module of the environmentally-controlled growing chamber to generate crop growth data and a processing device comprising software modules for receiving the environmental condition data and the crop growth data; applying an algorithm to the environmental condition data and the crop growth data to generate an improved environmental growing condition and generating instructions for adjustment of the environmental growing conditions in or around the growth module in the environmentally-controlled growing chamber to the improved environmental growing condition.

A vertically-integrated greenhouse for growing plants in suspended trays. The design is particularly well-suited for installation in a double-skin façade of a building, or in an interior atrium, lobby, or similar structure. In addition to producing food, plants can reduce building maintenance costs by providing shade, air treatment, and evaporative cooling to building occupants. The vertically-integrated greenhouse involves the use of a dynamic movable array of plant trays as a mechanical shading device. The spacings and arrangements of the trays in the tray suspension system can be adjusted on both a diurnal basis and a seasonal basis to maximize plant light capture and building shading, thereby maximizing crop yield and building energy savings, or for esthetic considerations.

The present invention is related to a tridimensional combined green building which is constituted with plant, biologic ecosystem, physical environment ecosystem, habitation environment and the combination thereof. Said tridimensional combined green-building may comprises green villages, green areas and green scientific town, such as tridimensional wall, tridimensional river and tridimensional bridge etc., and they can be divided into variety of green building.

A method and apparatus for sequestering CO₂ using algae comprises a plurality of vertically suspended bioreactors, each bioreactor being translucent and including a flow channel formed by a plurality of baffles. A culture tank contains a suspension of water and at least one algae and includes a plurality of gas jets for introducing a CO₂-containing gas into the suspension. The culture tank is in fluid communication with an inlet in each channel for flowing the suspension through the channel in the presence of light. A pump pumps the suspension into the channel inlet.

The invention discloses a seedling substrate for vegetables, belonging to the technical field of soilless culture. The substrate formula comprises the following components based on volume ratios: 10-40% of fermented vinegar dreg, 5-30% of fermented cassava dreg, 5-30% of plant ash, 5-30% of perlite, 5-30% of vermiculite and 10-25% of turf. The water content of the substrate is not bigger than 50%, and the total porosity of the substrate is 65-95%, and the total nutrient content of the substrate (N+P2O5+K2O) is 3-5%, and the grain diameter of the substrate is 0.1-4.9 mm, and the volume weight of the substrate is 0.2-0.8 g/cm3, and the gas-water ratio of the substrate is 1: 2-4, and the EC (elastic coefficient) value of the substrate is 1-3 and the pH value of the substrate is 5.8-7.5. The seedling substrate for soilless culture for vegetables mainly uses organic wastes as raw materials, and produces seedling substrate by high temperature fermentation treatment, and changes wastes into wealth, and turns harm into good. The invention has a low production cost, a light weight and complete nutrients such that it is suitable for growth and development for vegetable seedlings, and is a good substrate for soilless culture industrialized tray seedling for vegetables.

A modular plant growing device includes a main frame mounted on an upright supporting surface. The main frame is configured with an accommodating space defined by an upright rear plate, an inclined top plate extending gradually and upwardly from an upper end of the rear plate, an inclined bottom plate extending gradually and upwardly from a lower end of the rear plate, and opposite lateral plates for receiving a plant unit. The top plate is formed with an inlet unit permitting flow of liquid for plant growth into the accommodating space therethrough. The bottom plate is formed with an outlet unit disposed adjacent to the lower end of the rear plate and permitting leakage of the liquid from the accommodating space therethrough.

A vertical plant support includes a wall having a panel and an anchor layer, and a matrix of tubes being connected to the wall. The anchor layer is located intermediate the panel and the matrix of tubes. The panel can be liquid impermeable and the anchor layer can be liquid permeable.

The invention relates to a domestic full-automatic vegetable planting machine. The domestic full-automatic vegetable planting machine comprises a machine box. A planting tray which is used for plantation of vegetables and enabling the vegetables to grow is arranged in the machine box. A nutrient solution conveying and adjusting system which is used for adjusting and controlling a nutrient solution in the planting tray, an environment control system which is used for adjusting the growing environment in the machine box, and an environmental state detection device which is used for detecting the environmental state in the machine box are further arranged in the machine box. The input end of the environment control system is connected with the environmental state detection device, the output end of the environment control system is connected with the nutrient solution conveying and adjusting system, the environment control system adjusts and controls the environmental state of the planted vegetables in the machine box according to the environmental state detected by the environmental state detection device, and the nutrient solution in the planting tray is adjusted through the nutrient solution conveying and adjusting system so that the requirement for planting the vegetables inside a house can be met. The domestic full-automatic vegetable planting machine is compact in structure, convenient to use, capable of meeting the requirement for planting the vegetables inside the house, wide in application range, low in cost, safe and reliable.

An apparatus for preparing soil for the placement therein of at least one of seed and fertilizer. A frame is provided with there being first structure on the frame for penetrating the soil to create an opening for at least one of seed and fertilizer as the frame is advanced in a travel direction. A second structure is provided on the frame at least partially downstream of the first structure for at least one of a) stripping soil clods from the first structure and b) loosening soil downstream of the first structure.