Seră inteligentă cu absorbție selectivă a radiației solare utilizănd celule solare sensibilizate cu colorant (DSSC), independentă și automatizată
GETICA: wavelength-selective GreenhousE 4.1– Towards energy Independent and Combined fully Automated arboretum
For the first time, GETICA project proposes to develop and validate an energy independent and combined fully automated greenhouse standalone prototype based on DSSCs, as an ongoing and complementary research of the project team. As an important part of Agriculture 4.0 strategy, agrivoltaics can achieve synergistic benefits by growing agricultural plants under raised solar panels. The main limitations of the integration in greenhouse concern the fact that classical PV cells do not transmit sunlight and form a permanent shadow region which has negative effects on production, reducing the crop growth or the amount of biomass. Simple manufacturing process, the low fabrication cost, flexibility in scaling, low material usage and low light level sensitivity, but mainly the variation in color and transparency of the dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC), one of the third generation of PV cells, are essential characteristics that could make these cells the ideal candidate for greenhouse application. To our knowledge (as far as we are aware), no DSSC has been applied in greenhouse for plant growth and energy saving worldwide. We propose the solar radiation manipulation using DSSCs based on UV dye for the protection cells and DNA from damaging UV radiation as well as scavenge free radicals, preventing further cellular damage or IR dye for reducing the temperature of the greenhouse air which leads to an increase in crop production. Moreover, it will be sought reducing production cost of the greenhouse using 3D printing of the modular roofs and DSSCs based on the natural dyes and a low-cost maintenance given by near zero energy input from conventional sources and decreasing the water consumption in irrigation. In this context, GETICA project aims to demonstrate the economic sustainability of this smart greenhouse based on DSSC in the real agriculture.
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INCEMC team is the first Romanian team, which has developed the p-type DSSC with the important international results. In during of 2 national projects (PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-1142 “Highly efficient photocathodes for dye-sensitized tandem solar cells based on nanocrystalline delafossite materials “ and PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-0526 “High-efficient and low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells based on copper”, A+ final evaluation) it was obtained the first p-type dye-sensitized solar cell based on full Cu2O electrodes (Journal of Alloys and Compounds 802, 86-92, (2019), IF=4.175, Q1) and another 5 significant ISI publications with 10.07 cumulative impact factor, 2 Q2, 32 cumulative citations. Two DSSC prototypes (tandem DSSC and DSSC based on full copper oxides electrodes) are in the process of the patentability (registered patent application OSIM nr A00721/12.12.2017 and nr. A00454/22.06.2018), as well.
UPT’s prof. Aurel GONTEAN established a team focused on renewable energies. The team published 21 indexed ISI papers (including 7 Journals, 2 being Q2), 48 cumulative citations, 2 national patents; The grant PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-0074 “Thermo-Electric Hybrid Solar System”, A+ final evaluation led to an excellent expertise in hybrid PV-TEG systems. The team has a new patent pending, awarded with the gold medal at the Geneva exhibition, 2019.
Symph Electronics SRL is an innovative provider of electronic systems. The company is specialized in electronic system design and maintenance. Symph Electronics have succesfully accomplished multiple projects using interactive remote control, Internet of Things and automation systems. Recently Symph Electronics have been addmited at an European funding project POR/604/2/1/ Nr. 130833 „Economic improvement of Symph Electronics by technological modernisation and completion of team”
As an important part of Agriculture 4.0 strategy, agrivoltaics can achieve synergistic benefits by growing agricultural plants under raised solar panels.
For the first time, GETICA project proposes to develop and validate an energy independent and combined fully automated greenhouse standalone prototype based on the dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), as an ongoing and complementary research of the project team.
Simple manufacturing process, the low fabrication cost, flexibility in scaling, low material usage and low light level sensitivity, but mainly the variation in color and transparency of DSSC are essential characteristics that could make these cells the ideal candidate for greenhouse application. To our knowledge (as far as we are aware), no DSSC has been applied in greenhouse for plant growth and energy saving worldwide.
We propose the solar radiation manipulation using DSSCs based on UV dye for the protection cells and DNA from damaging UV radiation as well as scavenge free radicals, preventing further cellular damage or IR dye for reducing the temperature of the greenhouse air which leads to an increase in crop production. Moreover, it will be sought reducing production cost of the greenhouse using 3D printing of the modular roofs and DSSCs based on the natural dyes and a low-cost maintenance given by near zero energy input from conventional sources and decreasing the water consumption in irrigation.
GETICA project aims to demonstrate the economic sustainability of this smart greenhouse based on DSSC in the real agriculture.
Pentru prima data pe plan mondial, proiectul GETICA își propune să dezvolte și să valideze un prototip autonom energetic a unei sere complet automatizate bazată pe celule sensibilizate cu colorant (DSSC). Ca parte importantă a strategiei Agriculture 4.0, agrivoltaicele pot obține beneficii sinergice prin creșterea planteloragricole sub panouri solare înclinate. Principalele limitări ale integrării în seră se referă la faptul că celulele fotovoltaice clasice nu transmit lumina soarelui și formează o regiune de umbră permanentă, care are efecte negative asupra producției agricole, reducând creșterea plantelor sau cantitatea de biomasă. Procesul simplu de fabricație, costul scăzut de producție, flexibilitatea la scalare, simplitatea și sensibilitatea redusă la nivelul de lumină, dar în principal variația culorii și transparența celulei solare sensibilizate (DSSC), din a treia generație de celule PV, sunt caracteristici esențiale care ar putea face din aceste cellule candidatul ideal pentru utilizarea lor în sere. Din câte știm până în acest moment pe plan mondial nu s-au utilizat DSSC în sere pentru creșterea plantelor și economisirea energiei. Propunemmanipularearadiațiilorsolarefolosind DSSC-uri pe bază de colorant UV pentru protejarea celulelor și a ADN-ul împotriv aradiațiilor UV, precum și a radicalilor liberi, care să prevină deteriorarea celulară, respective colorantul IR pentru reducerea temperaturii aerului din seră, ceea ce duce la o creștere a producției vegetale. Mai mult, se va căuta reducerea costului de producție a serii folosind imprimarea 3D a acoperișurilor modulare și a DSSC pe bază de coloranți naturali și obținându-se de asemenea o întreținere cu costuri reduse, datorită aportul de energie recoltate. Un alt avantaj este scăderea consumului de apă utilizate în irigații. În acest context, proiectul GETICA își propune să demonstreze sustenabilitatea economic a acestei sere inteligente bazată pe DSSC în agricultura reală.
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