IMontreal-based Sollum Technologies uyashesha ukuba umholi emkhakheni wezixazululo zokukhanyisa obamba ukushisa. Ihlome ngezigidi ezingama- $30 wemali entsha kulandela umzuliswano wakamuva wokuxhasa ngezimali, inkampani isilungele ukusabalalisa izixazululo zayo ezintsha zokukhanyisa i-smart lighting agri-tech yonkana eNyakatho Melika.
I-Sollum ihlose ukuguqula indlela abalimi abakhiqiza ngayo izithelo nemifino, ikakhulukazi phakathi nezinyanga zasebusika lapho ukukhanya kwelanga kulinganiselwe.
Ngobuchwepheshe bayo obunelungelo lobunikazi, obuhlelekayo bokukhanyisa i-LED, i-Sollum iguqula i-horticulture yekhulu lama-21 ngokuguqula indawo ebamba ukushisa ibe yindlela eqhubekayo yokukhulisa umkhiqizo ngokukhanya kokwenziwa kuphela.
"Ngesikhathi esifushane, uSollum ukhombisile ukuthi ukunemba okungenakuqhathaniswa kokukhanya okukhiqizwa isixazululo sokukhanya kwe-smart LED kukhulisa ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo kanye nekhwalithi ngenkathi kukhulisa ukusebenza kahle kwamandla," kusho uLouis Brun, umongameli kanye ne-CEO yeSollum, emazwini ahambisana ne isimemezelo sezimali.
Indlela yezobuchwepheshe kaSollum ingasatshalaliswa ezindlini zokugcina izithombo ezinkulu, wanezela. UBrun uthe uxhaso luzosheshisa ukungena kwalo emakethe “ngokuthuthukisa ukuncintisana kwesixazululo sethu, nokuguquguquka kwayo ngokufaka inqwaba yezindlela zokupheka ezibukwayo.”
Indlela i-Sollum's greenhouse LED lighting isebenza ngayo
I-Sollum yenza abalimi bakwazi ukukhiqiza ukudla unyaka wonke ngokufaka amabhange amaphaneli okukhanyisa e-LED akhethekile ngaphakathi kwezindlu ezibamba ukushisa eziphindaphinda umjikelezo wokukhanya wemvelo welanga kanye nezakhiwo ezikhulayo.
Lokhu kufezwa ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-AI obuhlelekayo ukuze kulinganiswe ngokunembile inani, ukuqina, umjikelezo kanye ne-spectrum yokukhanya ukuletha isivuno esiphezulu sezitshalo zasendlini zomkhiqizo ohlukahlukene.
Kuze kube manje, u-Sollum ube nesibopho sokusiza abalimi baseQuebec nase-Ontario ukuthi bakhiqize upelepele nama-strawberry ngezinga elikhulu, kuyilapho benza ucwaningo oluthuthukisiwe mayelana nokwenzeka kokutshala ezinye izilimo ezivame ukudinga ukuthengiswa phakathi nezinyanga zasebusika, noma. uma kungenjalo ngeke itholakale ngokuya ngokuhlukahluka kwenkathi yokukhula.
“Umbono wethu ngowomhlinzeki wokukhanyisa osezingeni eliphezulu, othuthuke kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe,” kusho uBrun. Le nkampani ihlinzeka ngethuluzi elizonga amandla elingathuthukisa isivuno sezitshalo kanye nekhwalithi ngenkathi lisatshalaliswa ezindlini zokugcina izithombo ezincane, eziphakathi nendawo ezinkulu, esho.
I-Sollum inikeza ukonga ekusetshenzisweni kwamandla
I-Sollum iwumphumela wohlelo lokukhanyisa olusha oluthuthukiswe ngu-François Roy-Moisan, u-Gabriel Dupras no-Jacques Poirier ngenkathi befunda enyuvesi yase-École de technologie supérieure e-Montréal.
Baqale baklama ubuchwepheshe bokukhanyisa ukuze kubuyiselwe imidwebo, kodwa babe nomzuzu we-Eureka lapho bethola ubuchwepheshe babo be-LED bungase bukhuthaze ukukhula kwezitshalo zasendlini.
Kulapho uBrun, unjiniyela ngokuqeqeshwa owajabulela impumelelo enkulu ekuqalisweni kwezobuchwepheshe kanye nenkambu yemali yebhizinisi, abona khona.
isithembiso sohlelo lwe-LED. Uthathe isinqumo sokwethula iSollum ngokubambisana namanye amaMontrealers.
Namuhla, ukukhanyisa kweSollum kuvumela abalimi be-greenhouse ukuthi bakhiqize ukudla okungamaphesenti angama-40 ukusetshenziswa kwamandla amancane uma kuqhathaniswa nezibani ze-sodium.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uhlelo lwe-LED oluphathelene nobunikazi luletha ukuthuthukiswa kwamaphesenti angu-40 ngaphezu kokusebenza kwe-LED yendabuko kanye "nokuphila kweshelufu yokudla ende," kusho uJenny Zammit, iphini likamongameli weSollum wezokumaketha nokusebenza.
“Ekugcineni, ukudla kungcolisa ngokuphindwe kathathu ukukhiqiza futhi kuvela e-Québec. Eqinisweni, lonke uchungechunge lokunikezela luyazuza . . . Ubuchwepheshe bethu bubhekana nezinselelo ezinkulu njengokunyamalala komhlaba olimekayo, nesimo sezulu kanye nokushintsha kwezibalo zabantu.”
Ezigidini ezingama-30 zamaRandi ezimali ezintsha, amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-25 anikezwe ngu Idealist Capital, isikhwama sokulingana esizimele esisekela osomabhizinisi abathintekayo ekushintsheni kwamandla kanye nokususa ikhabhoni. Izigidi eziyisi-5 zamaRandi ezisele zivela ku- Isikhwama se-Quebec Fondaction.
UPierre Larochelle, ozakwethu ophethe e-Idealist Capital, ukholelwa ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali kweqembu lakhe kuzoyisa i-Sollum kwelinye izinga: “Siyalithemba iqembu lika-Sollum nobuchwepheshe obusebenza kahle, okwandisa ukusebenza kahle kwamandla okusebenza kwe-greenhouse futhi kube nomthelela omuhle ezitshalweni kuwo wonke umjikelezo wazo wokukhula. . Sijabule kakhulu ukweseka ithimba leSollum esigabeni esilandelayo sokukhula kwalo eCanada nakwamanye amazwe.”
Ukukhiqiza amawolintshi e-Jaffa notamatisi we-Tuscan e-Chicoutimi noma i-Medicine Hat
Esinye sezici ezithakazelisa kakhulu kubuchwepheshe be-Sollum's LED yikhono layo lokuphindaphinda ukukhanya kwelanga kanye nokuqina kwalo, ukuze umlimi waseChicoutimi, Saskatoon, Medicine Hat, noma Whitehorse akwazi ukukhiqiza ama-alimondi esitayela saseCalifornia, amawolintshi eJaffa. , noma utamatisi onambitheka ngokufanayo nalawo afuywa eTuscany.
“Sisezigabeni zokuqala zekhono lethu lokushuna kahle isistimu yethu ye-LED ukuze sakhe izimo zokukhanya ezifanayo ezitholakala kwenye indawo emhlabeni wonke,” kuchaza uBrun.
“Ngohlelo lwethu, sisebenzisa izinzwa ezikala inani eliqondile lokukhanya kwelanga okungokwemvelo okungena endaweni ebamba ukushisa, mahhala, futhi sibala inani nemvelo yokukhanya kwelanga okutholakala eTuscany. Singakwazi ke ukubala igebe phakathi kwenani lokukhanya kwelanga okungokwemvelo kanye nenani elishodayo enanini eliqondiswe kahle laseTuscan nekhwalithi yokukhanya kwelanga.”
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubuchwepheshe bokukhanyisa be-Sollum buvumela abalimi ukuthi balungise inani lokukhanya libe sezingeni elifanele elidingekayo esigabeni ngasinye ekukhuleni kwezithelo noma imifino, ukusuka embewini kuye ekuqhakazeni kuya ekukhuleni ngokugcwele.
Ngokunikeza umlimi idatha emayelana nezinga elingcono kakhulu lokukhanya esigabeni ngasinye senkathi yokukhula yasendlini ephindaphindwe ngokuzenzisa, i-Sollum ingathuthukisa izivuno nenzuzo ngokugwema izinhlobo zezehlakalo zesimo sezulu esibi ezivame ukulimaza izitshalo noma okuholela enanini eliphansi nekhwalithi ye khiqiza.
"Singakwazi ukulungisa okukhiphayo kwe-LED ukuze senze izimo zokukhanya ezifanelekile ukuze sithuthukise izimpande eziqine kakhulu, sikhiqize inani elifanele lamaqabunga, nesikhathi esingcono kakhulu sokuqhakaza nokuvuna."
Spectral ukukhanya zokupheka kanye zokwelapha izitshalo
U-Sollum uphinde wacwaninga ukuthi izingxenye ezithile zokukhanya kwelanga (okungukuthi, okubomvu, okuluhlaza okotshani, okuphuzi, okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka) kuwathinta kanjani amaphethini okukhula esitjalweni ngasinye.
“Sisebenzisana nabalimi ukuze sithuthukise isizindalwazi sethu futhi siqonde kangcono ukuthi singayithuthukisa kanjani isivuno kanye nekhwalithi yomkhiqizo,” kusho uBrun.
Ububanzi obuthile ku-spectrum yombala bungasiza isitshalo ukuba sinwebe, isibonelo. Ngakho-ke uma ukukhula okufiselekayo kungahlangatshezwanga, i-Sollum ingakwazi ukulungisa i-spectrum yokukhanya ukuze kube nomphumela othize. UBrun ukuchaze njengendlela yokwelapha izitshalo ukuthuthukisa ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo.
“Ungakwazi ukusebenzisa izinhlobo ezahlukene zokwelashwa okulula njengekhambi lokwelapha lesikhashana bese kuthi uma isivuno sesilapho ofuna sibe khona ungabuyela eresiphi yokukhanya ejwayelekile,” kusho yena.
I-Solum inikeza indlela eya kwezolimo ezisimeme ngokugcwele
Ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu emhlabeni jikelele kudala umonakalo kwezolimo emhlabeni jikelele. Ngonyaka odlule, iminotho yaseNtshonalanga ibone amanani okudla enyuka kakhulu emikhakheni eminingi, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yesomiso nezikhukhula.
Nakuba abalimi be-greenhouse bengasondeli ekukwazini ukunxephezela ngokwanele izimo zezulu ezinzima eziqeda izitshalo ngezinga elikhulu, isithembiso sobuchwepheshe be-Sollum's LED silele ekuvumeleni abalimi ukuthi bakhulise inani elikhulayo lezithelo nemifino endlini kanye nezinyanga zasebusika.
ISollum isatshalaliswa ezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-30 eQuebec nase-Ontario, futhi amakhasimende ayo abamba ukushisa akhula ngaphezu kwezinhlobo ezingama-70 zezithelo nemifino.
“Sithola abalimi abaningi abaya ngokuya bemukela umbono wethu,” kusho uBrun. “Sikholelwa ukuthi kukhona uguquko oludingekayo kwezolimo kanye nezolimo uma sifuna ngempela ukubhekana nenselelo yokusimama kokudla emhlabeni wonke, futhi lokho sikwenze ngendlela eyonga ugesi.
“Manje sesinobuchwepheshe nezixazululo zokujwayela noma yiluphi uhlobo lwesilimo, kungaba upelepele, ulethisi, noma ukhukhamba. Siwubona kanjalo umsebenzi wethu.”
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