Virtual Sensors for Designing Irrigation Controllers in Greenhouses
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Sánchez Molina, Jorge Antonio; Rodríguez Díaz, Francisco; Guzmán Sánchez, José Luis; R. Arahal, ManuelFecha
2012-11-08Resumen
Monitoring the greenhouse transpiration for control purposes is currently a difficult task. The absence of affordable sensors that provide continuous transpiration measurements motivates the use of estimators. In the case of tomato crops, the availability of estimators allows the design of automatic fertirrigation (irrigation + fertilization) schemes in greenhouses, minimizing the dispensed water while fulfilling crop needs. This paper shows how system identification techniques can be applied to obtain nonlinear virtual sensors for estimating transpiration. The greenhouse used for this study is equipped with a microlysimeter, which allows one to continuously sample the transpiration values. While the microlysimeter is an advantageous piece of equipment for research, it is also expensive and requires maintenance. This paper presents the design and development of a virtual sensor to model the crop transpiration, hence avoiding the use of this kind of expensive sensor. The resulting virtu...
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virtual sensor
transpiration
nonlinear model
micro-lysimeter