Waste! LED lighting system to waste mine into a vertical farm

Application and the future of the university of Nottingham, according to mine & other; Vertical farms & throughout; Concept, think mine is a ready-made greenhouse, only need to add lighting and irrigation system, it can become a fully functional farm.

they think, deep farms will not be affected by the weather, and underground temperature change is not big, don't need high temperature control equipment. Rafe, Saffa Riffat) Said: & other; Tunnel and shaft doesn't need heating equipment, if any, are less power consumption, so very attractive for food production. We designed a central shaft, used to install the mechanical arm, by the mechanical arm to take care of crops and harvest, only about 3 the whole system. After the $80000 it's construction costs, operating costs are low, we imagine the LED lighting system is not power. ”

scholar at the university of Nottingham invention vertical farm, need only an intermediate shaft, install mechanical arm, can take care of fruits and vegetables in it.

short vertical farming is suitable for the growth cycle of vegetables and fruits, such as spinach, kale, basil, mint, strawberry, mushroom, carrot, eggplant, etc. , their trial, said a ShenJingShi small farms, and can produce 80 tons of crops each year, and the production is not affected by season, can be up to 10 times a year crop cycle, while the British outdoor farm only 4 ~ 6 times. The researchers believe that has more than 150000 abandoned coal mine in Britain, is a perfect place to start.