Air House Smart Farm Pneumatic Framework
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional air houses for smart farms require separate installation of crop cultivation facilities using iron or wood structures, making installation, removal, transportation, and storage cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
An air house design where the outer wall and crop cultivation stages are made of a double wall fabric or air tube, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly by injecting compressed air, with modular components that can be folded and packaged for transport and storage, and featuring a multilayer structure suitable for aeroponics with integrated water supply and lighting systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If separate iron or wood structures are used for crop cultivation facilities inside the air house, then the structural strength and stability are improved, but the installation complexity and transportation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the crop cultivation stage structure with the air house framework by making both components from the same air tube material. The cultivation stages are integrated into the air house structure rather than being separate installations, eliminating the need for additional iron or wood structures while maintaining structural integrity through the compressed air framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The air tubes serve multiple functions: they form the structural framework of the air house and simultaneously constitute the crop cultivation stages. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate structural materials and simplifies installation, as the same components provide both structural support and agricultural functionality.
2Loss of energy
If conventional air house structure is used, then the insulation effect is improved due to air layer, but the transportation and storage convenience deteriorates due to separate cultivation facilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the cultivation facilities with the air house structure using the same air tube material, creating an integrated unit that can be transported and stored as a single compact structure. When the compressed air is released, the entire structure including cultivation stages can be folded and packaged together, greatly improving transportation convenience while maintaining the insulating air layer.
3Ease of operation
If modular air tube structure is used for crop cultivation stages, then the transportation and storage ease is improved, but the structural stability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses compressed air injected into the air tubes to provide structural stability to the modular cultivation stages. The pneumatic pressure maintains the three-dimensional shape and rigidity of the air tube structures, ensuring stability during operation while allowing the modules to be folded and compacted for transportation when the air is released.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy transportation, storage, and rapid assembly of the air house, with a compact modular structure that supports aeroponics farming by providing necessary growth conditions for crops, enhancing installation efficiency and reducing setup time.
Implementation Method 1
at least the wall body members (10) and the crop cultivation stages (30) are made of a double wall fabric or air tube that allows a three-dimensional framework to be constructed by compressed air
Implementation Method 2
an insulation effect is excellent because an air layer serves to perform insulation
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to an air house for a smart farm, and more particularly, to an air house for a smart farm, the air house including wall body members (10) and a roof member (20) constituting an outer shape of the house, crop cultivation stages (30) placed in layers at an inner side of the wall body members (10), planting sheets (40) configured to cover each of the crop cultivation stages (30) while spaced apart therefrom, and a water supply device (50) and a lighting device (60) configured to provide conditions necessary for the growth of crops planted in the planting sheets (40), wherein at least the wall body members (10) and the crop cultivation stages (30) are made of a double wall fabric or air tube that allows a three-dimensional framework to be constructed by compressed air.