KR20170044787A - Cultivation device for experiment - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a cultivation device for experiments to effectively adjust cultivation environments of various plants by individually adjusting environments of a plurality of cultivation experiment units. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cultivation device for experiments comprises: a plurality of cultivation experiment units including a cultivation tank of which the upper part is opened, an implantation plate having a plurality of implantation holes and covering the upper part of the cultivation tank, an LED module irradiating light to the upper part of the implantation plate, a spray nozzle installed at the lower bottom of the cultivation tank to spray a medicinal fluid in a mist form, and a drain hole formed at the lower part of the cultivation tank; a frame in which the plurality of cultivation experiment units are stacked vertically; a medicinal fluid supply device supplying the medicinal fluid to each spray nozzle; and a control unit controlling the intensity of radiation and light irradiation time for each cultivation experiment unit, and spray time of the medicinal fluid sprayed through the spray nozzle.

Description

{CULTIVATION DEVICE FOR EXPERIMENT}

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a laboratory cultivation apparatus that can be used for plant cultivation experiments.

In order to solve the instability of supply of crops due to climate effects, plants are growing in a hydroponic culture mode indoors in recent years.

Such hydroponic plant cultivation apparatus uses an artificial light source such as LED to substitute sunlight, and adopts a nutrient solution feeding method to supply the nutrient solution to the plant root. At this time, the plant roots are kept flooded in the nutrient solution supplied to the cultivation.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0049249

On the other hand, when the plant is grown in the soil, it is difficult to precisely understand the influence of the nutrients and the environmental conditions necessary for the growth of the plant because the nutrients are already contained in the soil and the intensity of the sunlight is not easily controlled. In the case of hydroponic cultivation method using artificial light, it is expected to be usefully used for plant cultivation experiment because it is easy to observe the change of plant according to the intensity of artificial light or the content of the element added to nutrient solution.

In this case, the experimental cultivator should be able to effectively cultivate various cultivation environments considering various kinds of plants, rather than increase cultivation efficiency of actual crops, and to be able to control the cultivation environment of plants rapidly according to changes of the plants However, in the past, there has not been developed a laboratory cultivation apparatus which meets the above-mentioned conditions for use in plant cultivation experiment.

Embodiments of the present invention are to provide a laboratory cultivation apparatus that is capable of effectively cultivating a variety of plant cultivation environments.

The present invention also provides a laboratory cultivation apparatus capable of rapidly regulating the cultivation environment of a plant according to a change in a plant to be tested.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, including: a regenerating vessel having an open top; a plate having a plurality of planting holes to cover an open upper portion of the regenerating vessel; an LED module for irradiating light onto the plate; A plurality of cultivation experiment units including an injection nozzle provided at the bottom of the cultivation bath bottom and a drain hole provided at the cultivation bath bottom; A frame in which a plurality of cultivation experiment units are installed in a laminated manner along the vertical direction; A nutrient solution supply device configured to supply a nutrient solution to each of the injection nozzles; And an adjusting unit for adjusting the light amount of the LED module, the light irradiation time, and the spraying time of the nutrient solution injected through the spraying nozzle for each cultivation experiment unit.

A platform between the cultivation experiment units is provided with a platform for height adjustment so that the LED module is fixed to the platform so as to move up and down with the platform, and a cooling fan for cooling the LED module is integrally formed .

The experimental cultivation apparatus may further include an air blowing unit for blowing air into the remediation tank.

The air blowing unit may be arranged to blow air into the room directly below the food material hole.

The air blowing unit may include a blower for forced air blowing and a heater for heating the air blown through the blower.

The experimental cultivator according to the embodiment of the present invention can individually control the environment of a plurality of experimental cultivation units, thereby effectively adjusting the cultivation environment of various plants.

In addition, since the nutrient solution can be supplied to the roots of the plant to be tested by spraying method and if necessary, the nutrient solution sprayed on the roots can be quickly dried and removed, so that the cultivation environment of the plants can be controlled quickly have.

1 is a perspective view of an experimental cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a front view of the experimental cultivation apparatus shown in Fig.
3 is a rear view of the experimental cultivation apparatus shown in Fig.
FIG. 4 is a partial side view showing a structure of a platform on a platform where the LED module is installed in the experimental cultivation apparatus shown in FIG. 2. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a side view of the main part of FIG. 4 showing a state where the position of the platform is adjusted to be lower toward the bottom.
FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a cultivation side structure in an experimental cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing an operation of injecting a nutrient solution in an inner circumference of an individual cultivation tank in an experimental cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are provided to fully convey the spirit of the present invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown herein but may be embodied in other forms. For the sake of clarity, the drawings are not drawn to scale, and the size of the elements may be slightly exaggerated to facilitate understanding.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the experimental cultivation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of cultivation experiment units 10 provided for use in different kinds of plant cultivation experiments, a plurality of cultivation experiment units (20) for installation of the frame (10).

The cultivation experiment unit 10 includes a cultivation tank 30 having an open top and a vegetation tank 40 having a plurality of vegetation holes 41 to cover an open upper portion of the cultivation tank 30, An injection nozzle 61 provided at the bottom of the bottom of the remodeling tank 30 so as to spray the nutrient solution in a mist form and a drain port 31 provided on the side wall at the bottom of the remodeling tank 30 .

The regulating tank 30 may be provided in the form of a box made of a metal material having an open top and the plate 40 may be formed of a soft resin material in the form of a plate in which a plurality of planting holes 41 are perforated.

A planting material member 42 made of porous material is installed in the planting hole 41 so that the root of the plant P planted in the planting hole 41 can be introduced into the planting hole 30, And the leaf (P) side of the plant is located on the upper side of the plate 40.

A circular spray hose 60 is disposed on the bottom of the remirror 30 and a plurality of spray nozzles 61 are coupled along the spray hose 60 to spray the mist- .

The LED module 30 may include a plurality of LEDs mounted on the substrate and a plurality of LEDs disposed on the plate 40.

The drain port 31 is formed in the sidewall of the lower side of the redistric tank 30 and discharged into the outside of the redistric tank 30 by its own weight after the inside of the redistric tank 30 is sprayed into the bottom of the redistric tank 30. do. The inlet of the discharge hose 70 can be fitted into the drain hole 31 and the outlet of the drain hose 70 can be connected to the nutrient tank 81 to be described later. The discharge hose 70 can be individually connected between the respective cultivation tank 30 and the nutrient solution tank 81.

The frame 20 can be constituted by a plurality of vertical plates 22 and 23 connecting between the transverse steel members and the transverse steel members 21 erected on the edge side. And can be supported on the frame 20 through the plate member 23. Accordingly, the plurality of cultivation experiment units 10 can be arranged so as to be vertically arranged on the frame 20 so as to have a multi-layer structure. At the bottom of the frame 20, a moving wheel 25 for moving the experimental cultivation apparatus can be installed.

The experimental cultivation apparatus also includes a nutrient solution supply device 80 provided to supply the nutrient solution to each injection nozzle 61.

The nutrient solution supply device 80 includes a nutrient solution tank 81 provided at the bottom of the frame 20 and a plurality of feeders 80 for delivering the nutrient solution of the nutrient solution tank 81 to the spraying hose 60 of each experimental cultivation unit 10 Hose < RTI ID = 0.0 > 82 < / RTI >

The nutrient solution tank 81 may be equipped with a pump (not shown) for pumping the nutrient solution into the supply hose 82. The nutrient solution pumped to the outside of the nutrient solution tank 81 by a pump (not shown) And is branched into a plurality of supply hoses 82 and is injected into each individual recycling tank 30 through the respective injection nozzles 61. The dispenser 83 may be provided with a plurality of valves (not shown) for interrupting the supply of the nutrient solution for each injection nozzle 61. Reference numeral 84 denotes a connection pipe for connecting the nutrient solution tank 81 and the distributor 83.

The experimental cultivation apparatus also includes an adjustment unit 90 for adjusting the light amount of the LED module 50 and the light irradiation time for each of the plurality of cultivation experiment units 10 and the injection time of the nutrient solution injected through the injection nozzle 61 .

That is, the adjustment unit 90 includes an LED on / off switch 91 for operating the LED module 50 to turn on / off the LED module 50, a voltage applied to the LED module 50 is decreased or increased, An LED timer 93 for setting the operation time of the LED module 50 and a pump for operating on / off of the pump (not shown) Off switch 94 and injection timers 95 and 96 for controlling the valves (not shown) of the dispenser 83 to set the injection time of the nutrient solution through each injection nozzle 61 have.

The above-described constituent elements constituting the control unit 90 are arranged on the control box 90a which is provided on the upper portion of the vertical plate material 22 on the upper part of the frame 20 in accordance with the number of the cultivation experiment units 10 .

The jetting timers 95 and 96 are divided into a first jetting timer 95 and a second jetting timer 96. One of them controls the jet spraying period and the other is a jetting time period May be provided.

Reference numeral 97 denotes a main power switch for interrupting power supplied from outside to a laboratory cultivation apparatus, and reference numeral 98 denotes a lamp for indicating the operation state of a pump (not shown).

Therefore, the experimental cultivation apparatus having the above-described structure is capable of controlling the amount of light irradiated through the LED module 50 and the light irradiation time for each cultivation experiment unit 10 having a multi-layer structure and the spraying condition of the nutrient solution sprayed through the spray nozzle 61 To control the cultivation conditions of different kinds of plants under different culture conditions.

At this time, the LED module 50 and the spray nozzle 61 operate according to the condition set through the control unit 90 for each individual cultivation test unit 10. The inside of the inside of the cultivation tank 30 through the spray nozzle 61, The nutrient solution supplied in the form of mist is rapidly filled into the interior of the cultivation tank 30 to supply the nutrient solution toward the roots of the plants (p) planted in the respective planting holes 41. Therefore, the user who uses the experimental cultivation apparatus can check the amount of the light of the LED module 50 irradiated with the components contained in the nutrient solution and the plant to observe the change of the plant according to the nutrient solution and the LED light used during the experiment do.

4 and 5, a pedestal 100 may be installed on the frame 20 between the cultivation experiment units 10 so as to be adjustable in height, and each LED module 50, Can be fixed to the bottom of the platform 100 through the platform 100 so as to move up and down with the platform 100.

A length adjusting bar 110 having a plurality of engaging grooves 111 may be installed between the transverse steels 21 on both sides of the frame 20 along the longitudinal direction of the frame 20, The latching portion 101 may be provided to be detachable and fixed to the latching groove 111. [

The height of the platform 100 can be adjusted according to the position of the hooking groove 111 on the length adjusting bar 110 where the hooking portion 101 of the platform 100 is hooked, The amount of light irradiated to the plant p can be adjusted by adjusting the interval between the plant p planted in the plant 50 and the LED module 50 so that the dimmer 92 controls the light intensity of the LED module 50. [ So that it can be adjusted more finely.

In addition, LEDs have a longer lifetime and lower power consumption than other light sources such as incandescent lamps and fluorescent lamps, as well as being small in size. However, LEDs generate a large amount of energy as heat. , Errors due to plant cultivation experiments may occur.

Accordingly, the platform 100 may be provided with a cooling fan 120 for cooling the LED module 50 to prevent the heat generated from the LED module 50 from being transmitted to the plant p at the bottom.

The upper part of the mounting bracket 121 of the cooling fan 120 is fixed to one edge of the platform 100 so that the opening of the LED module 50 through the air forcedly blown between the platform 100 and the plate- Can be cooled.

The cooling fan 120 integrated with the platform 100 cools the heat of the LED module 50 while moving along with the platform 100 when the platform 100 is moved for height adjustment of the LED module 50 The cooling function of the LED module 50 can be smoothly performed irrespective of the height variation of the LED module 50.

In addition, the experimental cultivation apparatus may include an air blowing unit 130 for blowing air into the interior of the remediation tank 30. The air supplied to the cultivation path 30 through the air blowing unit 130 increases the drying rate of the nutrient solution sprayed by the roots so that the repeated nutrient solution test can be performed quickly.

That is, since the nutrient solution injected into the cultivation tank 30 is kept on the roots of the plant p for a certain period of time, in order to quickly ascertain the degree of reaction of the nutrient solution with different components of the nutrient solution, it is advantageous to confirm the plant response according to the nutrient solution by immediately drying and removing the previous nutrient solution in the roots of the nutrient solution (p). In addition, the air introduced into the interior of the remediation tank 30 also increases the amount of dissolved oxygen in the remodeling tank 30, thereby activating the respiration of the root.

Therefore, if the plant p is blown through the blowing unit 130, the existing nutrient solution on the root of the plant (p) is quickly dried and removed by the wind blown into the interior of the cultivation tank (30) So that the nutrient solution test procedure can be performed more quickly.

In the case of the reconditioning vessel 30, the opened upper portion is covered by the plate 40, and the planting member 42 is inserted into the planting hole 41 of the plate 40. In this case, The member 42 can be ventilated and the air can flow through the gap between the planting member 42 and the planting hole 41 so that the wind blown into the planting hole 30 can flow to the planting hole 41 side It is possible to form a flow of the air flowing out of the remirror 30 through the air flow.

7, the blowing units 130 can be installed individually for each cultivation experiment unit 10, and each blowing unit 130 includes a blower 131 and a blowing pipe 132 Lt; / RTI >

The blower 131 may be fixed to one side of the frame 20 and the control unit 90 may further include an air blowing switch 99 for operating on / off operation of the blower 131 have.

The blowing pipe 132 can blow air into the interior of the cultivation vessel 30 in a state where the outlet is connected to the side wall by the cultivation vessel 30. The wind supplied to the interior of the cultivation tank 30 through the air blowing pipe 132 is supplied to the root of the plant p so that it is advantageous for drying action toward the root of the plant p, It is preferable that the outlet of the blowing pipe 132 is connected to the room directly below the planting hole 41 so as to blow air.

The blowing unit 130 may further include a temperature adjusting unit 133 installed in the blowing pipe 132 to heat or cool the air blown through the blowing unit 131. The temperature adjusting means 133 may be provided by a heater or a cooler. Accordingly, the wind flowing into the interior of the remodeling tank 30 through the air blowing unit 130 can be supplied to the interior of the remodeling tank in a temperature-controlled state according to the intention of the user.

10: cultivation experiment unit 20: frame
30: Cultivation tank 40: Formal plate
41: planting hole 42: planting material member
50: LED module 60: injection hose
70: discharge hose 80: nutrient supply device
81: Nutrient solution tank 82: Supply hose
90: control unit 100: elevator
110: length adjusting bar 120: cooling fan
130: blowing unit

Claims (5)

A bottom plate for covering the open top of the redistribution tank with a plurality of food preparation holes, an LED module for irradiating light onto the bottom plate, and a spraying unit for spraying the nutrient solution in the form of mist, A plurality of cultivation experiment units including a nozzle, and a drain hole provided at the bottom of the cultivation basin;
A frame in which a plurality of cultivation experiment units are installed in a laminated manner along the vertical direction;
A nutrient solution supply device configured to supply a nutrient solution to each of the injection nozzles;
And an adjustment unit for adjusting the light amount of the LED module and the light irradiation time for each cultivation experiment unit and the injection time of the nutrient solution injected through the injection nozzle. The method according to claim 1,
A platform between the cultivation experiment units is provided with a platform for height adjustment,
The LED module is fixed to the platform so as to move up and down with the platform,
And a cooling fan for cooling the LED module is integrally provided on the platform. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising an air blowing unit for blowing air into said remodeling tank. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the air blowing unit is configured to blow air into the room immediately below the planting hole. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the air blowing unit includes an air blower for forced air blowing and a temperature adjusting unit for controlling the temperature of the air blown through the blower.

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