Artificial-lighting sources for plant growth

Author

Hau-Chen Yen ; Ching-Ran Lee ; Shun-Yu Chan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Optoelectron. Eng., Far East Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

fYear

2013

fDate

22-25 April 2013

Firstpage

799

Lastpage

803

Abstract

This study examines the use of artificial-lighting sources for indoor photosynthesis and proposes a novel indoor plant-lighting scheme in which red LEDs, blue LEDs and CCFLs are combined to work as effective light sources. The lighting combinations confirmed in this study have been proven effective in improving the growth uniformity of Anoectochilus Formosanus Hayata. Furthermore, the study has also demonstrated that lowered growth racks contribute to higher yield per unit area.

Keywords

indoor environment; light emitting diodes; light sources; lighting; photosynthesis; Anoectochilus Formosanus Hayata; CCFL; artificial-lighting sources; blue LED; growth uniformity; indoor photosynthesis; indoor plant-lighting scheme; lighting combinations; plant growth; red LED; Arrays; Fluorescent lamps; Light emitting diodes; Light sources; Plants (biology); Production; Anoectochilus Formosanus Hayata; Taguchi Method; cold-cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL); fully controlled plant factory; light-emitting diode (LED);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kitakyushu

ISSN

2164-5256

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1790-0

Electronic_ISBN

2164-5256

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.2013.6527126

Filename

6527126