Abstract
Precision agriculture is gaining more interest amongst farmers and entrepreneurs as an alternative way to growing plants. Current trend shows the implementation of precision agriculture system to be used in indoor farming, thus allowing crops to be harvested throughout the year regardless of seasonal changes. However, the main challenge with implementing this system is the high energy consumption of the technologies used in the system. Therefore, this paper presents proof of concept solution to manage the energy consumption of the precision agriculture system by designing a hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric generator (PV-TEG) system as a power supply. The hybrid system power output is to be compared to a standalone solar photovoltaic system. A simple mathematical modelling using Matlab/Simulink is done to estimate the hybrid systems feasibility to provide sufficient power to run the precision agriculture system electrical load for a set period of time. An experimental approach will be done to validate the hybrid systems ability to provide power in real time.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2018 IEEE 7th International Conference on Power and Energy, PECon 2018 |
| Publisher | IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Pages | 50-55 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538654316 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy 2018 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 3 Dec 2018 → 4 Dec 2018 Conference number: 7th https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8681527/proceeding (Proceedings) https://www.aconf.org/conf_159418.2018_IEEE_International_Conference_on_Power_and_Energy_(PECon).html (Website) |
Conference
| Conference | IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy 2018 |
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| Abbreviated title | PECon 2018 |
| Country/Territory | Malaysia |
| City | Kuala Lumpur |
| Period | 3/12/18 → 4/12/18 |
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UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Keywords
- Hybrid system
- Indoor farming
- Photovoltaic (PV)
- Precision agriculture
- Solar power
- Thermoelectric Generator (TEG)
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