Indoor horticulture system
OwnerTrenton Hancockinventor
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Abstract
An indoor horticulture system with modular units arranged in rows within a grow room separated from an air control room by a divider wall. Each row of modular units has air intake and air outlet ducting. The air intake ducting is configured to transmit air from the air control room to the modular units via an air supply fan within each modular unit. The air exhaust ducting is configured to transmit air from the modular units via an air exhaust fan within each modular unit through the air control room and to exhaust air outside of the building. Each modular unit and the air control room has an air temperature sensor. Power dampers in the air control room are controlled by input from the air control room sensor. The speed of the air supply and exhaust fans are controlled by input from the sensors in the modular units.
Claims4
An indoor horticulture system comprising:
- (a) a plurality of modular units situated within a grow room;
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- (b) an air control room that is separated from the grow room by a divider wall;
- wherein the modular units are arranged in one or more rows, each row of modular units having air intake ducting and air outlet ducting;
- wherein the air intake ducting extends from a proximal end of each row of modular units to the air control room and is configured to transmit air from the air control room to the plurality of modular units in a given row via an air supply fan that is situated at a top of each modular unit, the air supply fan being configured to deliver air into a frame of each modular unit, the frame being comprised of hollow tubing, and out through holes in a bottom part of the frame of each modular unit,
- wherein the air exhaust ducting extends from a proximal end of each row of modular units through the air control room to an outer wall of a building in which the grow room and the air control room are situated, the air exhaust ducting being configured to transmit air from the modular units in a given row via an air exhaust fan that is situated at a top of each modular unit adjacent to the air supply fan and to exhaust air outside of the building;
- wherein each modular unit comprises an air temperature sensor that senses air temperature in the modular unit;
- wherein the air control room comprises a sensor that senses air temperature in the air control room;
- wherein each modular unit comprises a plurality of lights that are configured to emit light onto plants that are situated within the modular unit;
- wherein the air outlet ducting that passes through the air control room comprises a first powered damper that is configured to open or close based on input from the air temperature sensor within the air control room;
- wherein when the first powered damper on the air outlet ducting is in an open position, air that would otherwise be exhausted to the outside of the building is diverted back into the air control room;
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- wherein the air control room comprises a second powered damper that is situated on an exterior wall of the air control room and configured to let air into the air control room from outside of the building when the second powered damper is in an open position, the position of the second powered damper being controlled by input from the air temperature sensor within the air control room.
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