Photochemical Olfactory Molecule Generation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
In industrial stables, the natural scents that animals rely on for behavior and physiology are disrupted due to dense populations and ventilation, leading to deviations from natural conditions that impact animal behavior and health.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a radiation system, a precursor material providing system, and a control system that generates olfactory molecules by converting precursor materials into scent molecules using photochemical activation, allowing for controlled and localized delivery of pheromones or scent molecules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If natural scents are provided in industrial stables, then animal behavior and physiology are maintained, but scent availability is disrupted due to dense populations and ventilation
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces precursor molecules into the environment in advance, which are then converted to active olfactory molecules on demand by radiation. This preliminary placement of precursors ensures that scent can be rapidly generated when needed, overcoming the delay and unreliability of natural scent delivery in industrial stables.
Solution Approach 2:
Precursor molecules serve as intermediaries between the radiation source and the active olfactory molecules. The precursors are stable and can be stored, then converted to active scents only when irradiated, providing controlled delivery. This intermediary mechanism solves both the reliability of scent availability and the adaptability of controlled delivery.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If olfactory molecules are provided continuously, then animal behavior is consistently influenced, but quick change-over from one chemical message to another is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous provision, the system uses periodic activation of precursors by radiation to generate olfactory molecules only when needed. This allows the system to switch between different chemical messages by irradiating different precursor types at different times, achieving both consistent influence and rapid change-over capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the chemical parameter by converting stable precursors to active olfactory molecules through radiation. This parameter change (from inactive to active state) enables quick switching between different chemical messages without the limitations of continuous provision, maintaining influence while enabling rapid adaptation.
3Reliability
If pheromones are used to communicate chemical messages, then animal behavior is influenced, but transmission over long distances and quick message changes are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the natural mechanical/diffusion-based pheromone transmission with a radiation-based activation mechanism. Radiation can be directed and controlled more precisely and quickly than natural pheromone diffusion, enabling faster transmission and quicker message changes while maintaining reliable behavioral influence through the generated olfactory molecules.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the controlled provision of olfactory molecules at desired times and locations, mimicking natural scents to influence animal behavior and physiology, addressing the disruption of natural scent availability and allowing for quick changes in chemical messages.
Implementation Method 1
These precursor molecules can be transformed into olfactory molecules, such as scent molecules, when photochemically activated
Data Source
AI summary
The invention provides a system (1000) for providing olfactory molecules (1220) in an animal residence (200), the system (1000) comprising (a) a radiation system (1100), (b) a precursor material providing system (1200), and (c) a control system (300), wherein: the radiation system (1100) is configured to generate first radiation (1111); the precursor material providing system (1200) is configured to provide precursor material 5 (1210). wherein the precursor material (1210) is configured to be at least partly converted by the first radiation (1111) into the olfactory molecules (1220); and the control system (300) is configured to control generation of the olfactory molecules (1220) by controlling one or more of the radiation system (1100) and the precursor material providing system (1200).