3940results about "Renewable energy machines" patented technology

Plasticizer-containing films based on polyvinyl acetal containing a UV absorbers of the oxanilide type of formula (1)exhibit high UVA transmission while also exhibiting low UVB transmission, with reduced tendency to yellow.

The present invention relates to a sunlight collection apparatus with increased sunlight gathering and receiving capabilities, which is cheap to produce and allows reliable collection of sunlight without having to track the sun. This sunlight collection apparatus has a light collection portion, facing toward the sun, for collecting sunlight; a light conducting portion, having optical fiber cables, for conducting sunlight collected by said light collection portion indoors; and a light scattering portion, provided at a tip of said light conducting portion, for lighting a room with sunlight conducted by said light conducting portion. The light collection portion has a plurality of lens elements arranged facing in the direction of the sun, with the front surface of each lens element which faces toward the sun having a curved surface. The lens elements have a tapered shape in a rearward direction from the front surface. A guide portion for guiding sunlight entering into the lens element is built into each lens element. This guide portion is coupled with an optical fiber cable from the light conducting portion.

The invention belongs to plant nutritious soil and a preparation method thereof and particularly relates to flower nutritious soil and a preparation method thereof. The flower nutritious soil contains the components of biomass water-retaining agent, turf, sapropel, black soil, corn straw, perlite, meerschaum, deer feces, fine sand, inorganic fertilizer, and the like and is processed by the steps of raw material selection, crushing, screening, disinfection, mixing, pH regulation and the like. By adopting the method of mixing organic materials and inorganic materials, the flow nutritious soil has the advantages of reasonable and loosened structure, complete nutrients, stable property, easily obtained raw materials, easy processing and low cost. In addition, the biomass water-retaining agent contained in the flow nutritious soil is a novel, multifunctional and natural macromoleclar polymer and has a three-dimensional space reticular structure, not only can absorb water and fertilizer, but also can retain water and fertilizer, and. the water absorbing capacity of the flower nutritious soil is more than 1000 times the weight thereof, a small reservoir of water and fertilizer is formed in the soil, and the water and the fertilizer are slowly released, thereby the flow nutritious soil has the functions of saving both water and fertilizer. The invention can be used for growing seedlings and planning seedlings.

A watering and shading device for at least one plant is disclosed. The device comprises an elongated substantially hollow shaft. A top end of the shaft terminates in a preferably flared funnel-shaped opening for receiving water, and a bottom end terminates in a soil-penetrating spike for inserting into soil. The spike includes at least one aperture therein for allowing water to pass from the inside of the hollow shaft therethrough. The device also includes a shading umbrella that comprises at least one non-transparent panel attached at one portion thereof to a shaft attachment means. The umbrella may be selectively placed in a deployed position or a collapsed position at a selected height along the shaft. The shaft includes a valve mechanism therein proximate the bottom end controlled by a moisture detection means for regulating the position of the valve mechanism based upon the soil moisture level. At least one solar-powered lantern may be included, fixed to the shading structure, and activated upon a photovoltaic cell detecting darkening conditions.

An improved hydroponic apparatus is described. This improved hydroponic system uses renewable energy in containers made from recycled goods. An indoor container controls the weather and all conditions to obtain end results without pesticides or agrochemicals. The system can be fixed or mobile depending on the type of insulation. The system is independent of any kind of weather because it has an internal and external insulation. Indoor temperature also is regulated by a cold-heat exchanger. The lighting system will control the growth and function depending on the program used for each particular crop. The solar panels provide power to all equipment, storing overnight in batteries to keep the system running.

The invention provides an intelligent ecological greenhouse system based on solar light supplement and geothermal insulation. The system comprises a greenhouse, a water accumulation and feed device, a fertilization device, a solar light condensation device, an optical fiber receiver, an optical fiber light splitter, a light supplement lamp, a solar photovoltaic generation device, a geothermal pump, hot water heat-radiating fins, a water curtain cooler, a CO2 generation device, a constant-flow ventilating window, a temperature sensing device, a humidity sensing device, a photosensitive sensor, a video monitor device, a CO2 sensing device, a rainwater collection pool, a storage battery, a power supply controller, an inverter, a control host, a monitor, a mains supply and the like, wherein electric power of a solar photovoltaic module and electric power of the mains supply are respectively supplied to the geothermal pump and the control host as well as a water feed pump and the light supplement lamp; and the control host respectively receives different signals of the temperature sensing device, the humidity sensing device, the photosensitive sensor and the CO2 sensing device to control respective terminal devices, respectively performs light supplement, temperature insulation, watering, fertilization and CO2 adjustment, and carries out remote monitoring at the same time.

A portable hydroponic greenhouse assembly for use in integrating a community hub for commercial transactions. A portable hydroponic greenhouse assembly for use in providing a power source and a backup power supply that encompass any necessary components in order to allow for the production of food, water filtration, power, and / or communications for a variety of different purposes, including, but not limited to, community development, commercial transactions, or education and distribution. A relocatable hydroponic greenhouse assembly for use in assisting a community in providing food, power, water, and communications at any desired location where said portable assembly can be shipped and delivered.

The present invention circumvents inherent inefficiencies of photosynthesis by exposing chloroplast (or equivalents thereof) to light in a periodic manner during the organisms' “daylight” cycle. Optical, electro-optical, and / or electromechanical techniques are introduced to conventional farming methods to increase the conversion efficiency and farming yield many-fold. A module is provided that carries out the above benefits. The module includes: a solar distribution sub-system; and a structure having a plurality of growing levels configured and dimensioned to support a desired quantity of plant life and associated nutrient sources (e.g., soil, hydroponic, or an equivalent nutrient source).

A module is provided that maximizes agricultural land usage. The module includes a water collection structure supported above agricultural land. The water collection structure may include a mechanism for distributing photonic energy to plants growing on the agricultural land; and a water distribution system for distributing collected water from said water collection structure to plants growing on the agricultural land and / or the soil in which said plants are planted. The present module may also include energy storage systems, thereby allowing the module to be partially or completely self-sustaining.

The invention relates to an intelligent greenhouse shed system based on a cloud server. The intelligent greenhouse shed system comprises a greenhouse shed, an information collecting module, a plurality of functional modules, an automatic control system, a communication network and a solar power generating device; wherein the information collecting module comprises a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a photosensitive sensor, a gas pressure sensor and a soil fertilizer tester; each functional module comprises a temperature control module, a humidity control module, an intelligent light supplement module, a gas pressure adjusting module and a soil fertilizer supplying module; and the automatic control system comprises the cloud server. According to the intelligent greenhouse shed system, parameters of temperature, humidity, illumination, gas pressure, soil fertilizer and the like of the greenhouse shed can be intelligently adjusted, thereby enabling crops to be always in the best growing environment, so as to achieve the effects of high quality, high production and high yield; and meanwhile the utilization rate of resources is greatly improved; and the intelligent level is higher, the remote monitoring and control of greenhouse environment can be realized, the management convenience is improved, and the management cost is reduced. The intelligent greenhouse shed system has the advantages of energy saving, environment protection, high security, low running cost, wide application range, and convenience in popularization.

The invention relates to an automatic rubber tapping machine for rubber tree rubber picking. The machine comprises a tapping frame and is characterized in that the tapping frame is formed by a support rod and a support arm. A cut depth location structure, a curved cutter moving structure, an automatic line feed location structure, an end point detection structure, a solar power structure and a control structure are arranged on the tapping frame. The end point detection structure is used for detecting the moving track of a cutter in the curved cutter moving structure, and the signal output end of the end point detection structure is connected with the signal input end of the control structure. The control output end of the control structure is connected with the control input ends of the cut depth location structure, the curved cutter moving structure and the automatic line feed location structure through driving mechanisms. The cut depth location structure is provided with a cutter tapping depth adjusting and locating mechanism. The curved cutter moving structure is provided with a mechanism capable of achieving arc movement, lateral movement and vertical movement simultaneously. Therefore, the automatic rubber tapping machine allowing cut depth location, end point detection limiting, automatic line feed location and the arc tapping track is formed. The automatic rubber tapping machine has the advantages of being capable of reducing labor quantity of rubber picking workers and lays a device foundation for large scale rubber automatic production and the like.

A photovoltaic greenhouse includes a house structure having upstanding walls and a roof thereover to enclose a greenhouse space therein, and at least one thin-film solar cell module mounted on the roof for converting solar energy within a pre-selected light band of sunlight into electricity, wherein light not absorbed by the thin-film solar cell module passes through and enters the greenhouse space, which can be utilized by plants or crops for photosynthesis. The thin-film solar cell module has high transmittance of light in the wavelength intervals, for example, 400-450 nm and 640-700 nm, required by the cultured plants or crops inside the greenhouse space for photosynthesis.

The invention discloses a municipal green belt trimming device. The lower end of a first motor is rotationally connected with a driving shaft. The middle of the driving shaft is fixedly connected with a fourth bevel gear. The bottom of the driving shaft is fixedly connected with a semicircular bevel gear. A fifth bevel gear is fixedly connected with a sleeve shaft which is connected with a driving shaft in a sliding mode. A first bevel gear is fixedly connected with the middle of a bidirectional threaded rod. A boss is arranged on the surface of the driving shaft. A concave groove is formed in the sleeve shaft. One end of the driving shaft is fixedly connected with a third bevel gear which is meshed and connected with a second bevel gear. The second bevel gear is fixedly connected with the driving shaft. According to the device, the bidirectional threaded rod is driven by the bevel gear group and the semicircular bevel gear to rotate forward and backward in a reciprocating mode so as to drive the driven shaft to move leftward and rightward in a reciprocating mode, and the driving shaft drives the driven shaft to rotate when the driven shaft is driven to move leftward and rightward in the reciprocating mode; the device is simple and applicable in structure, the green belt trimming range is greatly enlarged, work efficiency is improved, and labor is reduced.

Apparatus and methods to enhance light intensity within useful red to near-infrared spectral ranges, using direct or indirect sunlight, or from other ambient white light, are described. The disclosed devices provide high quantum yield photoluminescent ambient light spectrum conversion to increase the supplied energy primarily in the 590 nm-850 nm spectral range. These devices also pass much of the incident light in the spectral range in which the device's photoluminescent materials emit light, thereby greatly increasing the effective intensity of light available in the targeted 590-850 nm wavelength range. The ambient light conversion devices of the disclosure may be incorporated in apparel, bandage-like patches, converting reflectors, large area converters, awnings, window covers, and other articles, materials, and products. The converted light may be used in therapeutic treatments, horticultural and biotechnological applications, and other applications in which the converted light outputs of the present disclosure are beneficial.

A method of desert environmental control using the apparatus as disclosed herein that can be installed in huge expanse of desert area, evenly spaced in a square matrix type formation, forming a protective layer against sunlight, and turning the sun's natural energy into electrical power by the solar panel or photo-voltaic cells that can be placed upon the shade panel as disclosed herein, creating a friendly environment that promotes plants growth and thus turning arid desert land into human friendly land at a cost lower than other current systems.

The invention provides a tail end executor of a fragrant pear picking robot, and a picking method. The tail end executor comprises a manipulator butt joint disc, a shell of a motor A and four knife rests, wherein the manipulator butt joint disc is in butt joint with a robot mechanical arm, the shell of the motor A is connected with the manipulator butt joint disc and is positioned in a transmission mechanism, and the four knife rests are connected with connecting rods of the transmission mechanism and an installation frame. The method comprises the following steps of accessing points by usinga camera, carrying out fixation by using a sucking disc, carrying out cutting by utilizing arc-shaped blades, withdrawing the mechanical arm to release fragrant pears, and the like. According to the invention, shearing efficiency is improved, time consumption for carrying out image recognition and segmentation on fruit contours and fruit stems by a sensing mechanism is reduced, precision quality of picking operation is guaranteed, picking difficulty is lowered, and operation efficiency is improved

The invention relates to a complete set of industrialized culture production equipment and facility of button mushrooms, comprising an energy-saving mixing greenhouse, an energy-saving primary fermentation bin, an energy-saving secondary fermentation and spawnrunning greenhouse, an energy-saving tertiary fermentation and mushroom culture greenhouse, a secondary fermentation, spawnrunning and mushroom culture bedstead, a primary fermentation bin feeding machine, a conveying machine, a net puller, an appending machine, an appending unit, a discharging unit, an automatic culture material unloading mover, an energy-saving comprehensive cooling device, an energy-saving comprehensive heating device and an energy-saving fresh air conditioning unit. The equipment and facility have simple structure and low manufacture cost, fully utilize natural energies, such as solar energy, geothermal energy, and the like, and reduces the consumption of coal, fuel, and the like, thereby being a set of energy-saving, emission-reducing and environment-friendly equipment and facility.

An agricultural / aquacultural system for use with a plurality of growth reservoirs containing a fluid. The system involves a main control unit for receiving feedback and providing control, at least one pump control unit in electronic communication with the main control unit, and at least one gate control unit in electronic communication with the main control unit.

A light element with a translucent surface includes an energy converter, wherein the translucent surface is so formed as to direct only that portion of the radiation onto the energy converter that impinges on the translucent surface. The energy converter may be a solar cell, a fluid line or a light guide. The light element is particularly suited for illuminating interior spaces with diffuse light.

A water irrigation system may include a computer system, a sensing unit, an irrigation controller, and / or a water delivery system. The sensing unit may include one or more sensors and a solar panel. Electricity produced by the solar panel may be supplied to the sensors of the sensing unit. The sensing unit may provide output to the computer system that is a function of the received sunlight. The computer system may assess solar insolation as a function of the output from the sensing unit. The computer system may control irrigation of a zone to be irrigated at least partially based on the assessed solar insolation. A method of controlling irrigation may include assessing solar insolation from output provided by a solar panel near or in a zone to be irrigated and controlling irrigation at least partially based on the assessed solar insolation.

The invention discloses a solar energy photovoltaic greenhouse. Solar module is used for constructing a photovoltaic matrix for providing power to the greenhouse. The solar energy photovoltaic greenhouse with the solar module comprises a main frame, a ventilation device and an attemperator and is characterized in that the greenhouse also comprises a roof with a single-top or multi-top truss structure which is built by solar cells and transparent material. A vault is provided with a cleaning device. A bus-line is introduced by an electrode to a bus to be connected with indoor electro-load. The solar energy photovoltaic greenhouse has the beneficial effect that the solar module is utilized to the utmost. Especially, amorphous silicon cells which are used as the photovoltaic building material of the agricultural greenhouse have the advantages of easy sealing and large breadth. With low cost, the building material can be used for the photovoltaic power generation of roofs and walls. The solar energy photovoltaic greenhouse uses an original greenhouse frame and can be popularized easily. The cleaning device can maintain the clean surface of the solar cells, improve the power generating efficiency and prolong the service life of the cells.

A self-regulating solar-heated-and-cooled greenhouse consisting of a thermally-insulated opaque shell, generally formed by a floor supporting east, north, and west-oriented walls supporting a northerly-facing sloping roof, leaving the southern exposure of said shell “open”, said shell incorporating means of regulating the admission or expulsion of air to the greenhouse. Said “open” south face to be sealed-over by a solar energy collecting system comprised of two parallel light-admitting curtain-wall systems, generally vertical in orientation and planar in configuration, with a space between said wall systems forming an enhanced thermal break and of sufficient distance so as to effect periodic maintenance, and incorporating means of regulating admission or expulsion of air to the greenhouse. Said greenhouse further incorporating means of directing excess thermal energy collected during daylight hours into appropriate storage systems either within or without the confines of said greenhouse, and further incorporating means of providing insulation for the south-facing solar-wall systems at night or during inclement weather.

The present invention discloses one kind of high performance heliogreenhouse with low building cost and running cost, and features the complete central air conditioner structure, effective utilization of solar energy and capacity of producing warm season vegetable, fruit and flower in wide area including up to 40 north latitude. The present invention may be also used in producing edible fungus and raising animal simultaneously to raise the soil utilization rate.

The invention relates to a solar-energy green automatic irrigating system, which comprises solar energy battery plate, water pump, irrigating and micro irrigating system, rain collector, water feeder, fertilizer, water container, accumulator, charge controller, and automatic control system formed by single chip and sensor; the solar energy battery plate is connected to the accumulator via charge controller, to charge accumulator and control the over-charge or over-discharge of accumulator; the accumulator via automatic controller is connected to the water pump; the water inlet of water pump is connected to the water container, while water outlet is connected to the irrigating and micro irrigating system; the rain collector, water feeder, fertilizer are connected to the water container. The inventive system can save water.

The invention discloses a fruit-and-vegetable intelligent irrigation system based on the internet of things. The fruit-and-vegetable intelligent irrigation system comprises an environment detection module, a data collection terminal, an intelligent irrigation decision-making server and an irrigation control terminal, and the environment detection module, the data collection terminal, the intelligent irrigation decision-making server, and the irrigation control terminal are connected in sequence; the environment detection module comprises a soil temperature-and-humidity sensor, a light intensity detector and a rainfall detector; the data collection terminal comprises a first CPU (central processing unit), a first communication module, an AD module, a solar power source and a storage module, and the first communication module, the AD module, the solar power source and the storage module are connected with the first CPU separately; the intelligent irrigation decision-making server comprises an irrigation decision-making inference engine, a storage module, and a computing module, and the storage module and the computing module are connected with the irrigation decision-making inference engine; the irrigation control terminal comprises a second CPU, a control module, a second communication module and an AD module, and the control module, the second communication module and the AD module are connected with the second CPU through a PCI bus.

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural greenhouses, and discloses a novel self-circulation greenhouse. The novel self-circulation greenhouse mainly comprises a front roof, a rear roof, a heat preservation front wall, a heat preservation rear wall, two side walls, an underground heat preservation layer, a rainwater pond, a cold water pond, a hot water storage pond, heat circulation accessories and a power transmission and energy storage system. The front roof is composed of a photovoltaic photo-thermal assembly and glass fiber reinforced plastic plates. The rear roof comprises a slidable triangular support and a heat preservation quilt, wherein the slidable triangular support is covered with the heat preservation quilt. The cold water pond is arranged behind the rainwater pond and connected with the photovoltaic photo-thermal assembly through a water pump. Hot water which is led out through a photovoltaic photo-thermal assembly water outlet pipe is stored in the hot water storage pond. Rainwater serves as a cooling working medium of the photovoltaic photo-thermal assembly and a heat transfer working medium for greenhouse heat circulation. The hot water storage pond, the heat preservation front wall and the underground heat preservation layer form a greenhouse heat circulation system through connection pieces. The novel self-circulation greenhouse is combined with the photovoltaic photo-thermal technology, the land utilization rate can be increased effectively, heat and electricity are supplied by the novel self-circulation greenhouse, grid-connected power generation can be realized, the comprehensive utilization rate of energy resources is high, and the structure is stable.

The present invention is directed to a passive solar greenhouse for controlling the greenhouse's interior environment and maximizing photosynthetic metabolism within the plants grown therein through regulation of sunlight, temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels and methods optimizing plant growth conditions by using passive solar greenhouse of the present invention. Generally the greenhouse has a sloped glazed face which faces substantially true south in the Northern hemisphere and substantially true north in the Southern hemisphere with a predetermined slope angle designed to maximize incident solar radiation (insolation) and increase the interior temperature during the colder months of the year while reducing overheating during the warmer months of the year.

The invention relates to an intelligent control system for a greenhouse. The system comprises the greenhouse, a drip irrigation mechanism, a heating mechanism, a light supplementing mechanism, an automatic ventilation mechanism, a roller shutter mechanism, solar photovoltaic panels, a wind power generation device and a control cabinet and is characterized in that the drip irrigation mechanism is composed of drip irrigation pipes and water pumps; the heating mechanism is composed of heat supply pipes and a hot air generation device; the light supplementing mechanism is composed of multiple light supplementing lamps; the automatic ventilation mechanism is composed of two ventilation fans; the roller shutter mechanism is arranged on a sun-facing surface of the greenhouse; a control circuit iscomposed of a micro-controller, a temperature and humidity sensor, a PH valve sensor, an illumination sensor, a CO2 concentration sensor and a soil humidity sensor. The intelligent control system forthe greenhouse performs drip irrigation, ventilation, light supplementation, and hot ventilation operation when water content of soil, CO2 concentration, illumination and temperature are excessivelylow. Therefore, automated control over growth of crops in the greenhouse is realized. A better environment is created for growth of crops in the greenhouse. The intelligent control system for the greenhouse has evident beneficial effects and is suitable for application.

The invention discloses a planting method of an ecological pear. The ecological pear without pesticide residue is planted by adopting a grass culturing and intercropping mode, adopting an organic fertilizer as a main fertilizer, and using physical and trapping ways to kill insects. According to the planting method, the problems that an existing pear tree planting method is low in the land use rate, high in pesticide residue and low in fruit quality can be overcome; furthermore, the planting method is free from pesticide residue and high in fruit quality, and the land can be effectively used.