{"id":17492,"date":"2023-05-02T09:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T07:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/?p=17492"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:23:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:23:51","slug":"vertical-farming-efficient-ventilation-air-conditioning-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/industries\/refrigeration-ventilation\/vertical-farming-efficient-ventilation-air-conditioning-automation_17492\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertical farming in response to climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WHAT THE TECH?! Is vertical farming the future of modern agri\u00adcul\u00adture?<\/h4>\n\n\n
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How does Vertical Farming work? What does it need?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simple, under\u00adstand\u00adable and with a bit of humor!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For years, many experts have been trying to work out how humanity will feed itself in the future. It is certain that existing resources must be used more effi\u00adciently to provide people with the same stan\u00addard of living, or to improve the supply situ\u00ada\u00adtion for people in devel\u00adoping coun\u00adtries in a sustain\u00adable way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In vertical indoor farming, plants are produced above one another in build\u00adings, containers or in air-condi\u00adtioned super\u00admarket cabi\u00adnets. It is seen as a future-oriented tech\u00adnology for ensuring a food supply, as this allows urban spaces to be used sustain\u00adably for agri\u00adcul\u00adture, saving addi\u00adtional trans\u00adporta\u00adtion time and costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Econom\u00adical solu\u00adtions are in demand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fan and motor specialist ebm-papst has been working on this issue for quite some time now. There are a number of energy-effi\u00adcient, \u2018intel\u00adli\u00adgent\u2019 fans and drives suit\u00adable for the many different concepts. Further\u00admore, the specialist is also avail\u00adable as a dedi\u00adcated engi\u00adneering partner and system provider and offers support right through to complete automa\u00adtion solu\u00adtions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vegeta\u00adbles are growing in indoor farm(vertical farm). Vertical farming is sustain\u00adable agri\u00adcul\u00adture for future food and used for plant vaccine. (Photo | Adobe\u00adStock 407637100)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All the prod\u00aducts are robust and operate reli\u00adably over the long term, even in adverse condi\u00adtions. ebm-papst designs and supplies sophis\u00adti\u00adcated soft\u00adware and hard\u00adware solu\u00adtions that make vertical indoor farming as sustain\u00adable, econom\u00adical and prof\u00aditable as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does it need for effi\u00adcient Vertical farms?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In addi\u00adtion to lighting<\/strong>, it is essen\u00adtial that these vertical \u2018farms\u2019 have appro\u00adpriate air condi\u00adtioning<\/strong>, regard\u00adless of plant type and culti\u00adva\u00adtion tech\u00adnology. The poten\u00adtial of this tech\u00adnology can be only exploited if the light, nutri\u00adents, venti\u00adlation, temper\u00ada\u00adture and humidity<\/strong> are right. The basic prereq\u00adui\u00adsite for this is economic systems that always operate according to the demand and very effi\u00adciently, not only for the air condi\u00adtioning and nutrient supply, but also in auto\u00admated product handling<\/strong> and trans\u00adport<\/strong>. Only then can indoor farms operate econom\u00adi\u00adcally and sustain\u00adably.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Optimum air supply and air condi\u00adtioning for every system size<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are different concepts for venti\u00adlation and air condi\u00adtioning. Tunnel venti\u00adlation pushes the air through the building. However, central venti\u00adlation units installed on roofs are also common as is providing indi\u00advidual plants or floors with a targeted air supply via pipe and tube systems (Fig. 1), which must also be supplied accord\u00adingly. Different fans are required here: Compact axial fans move high air flows of up to 65,000 m\u00b3\/h and operate reli\u00adably even at back pres\u00adsures of up to 1,500 Pa (Fig. 2).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fig. 1: A hose venti\u00adlation system supplies the plants with oxygen. (Graphic | ebm-papst)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

They are there\u00adfore partic\u00adu\u00adlarly suit\u00adable for the tunnel supply. A compre\u00adhen\u00adsive range of acces\u00adsories enables further modi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions to be made, such as guard grills. It is possible for the power supply to be 5 to 110 VDC or 11 to 480 VAC. Centrifugal fans are partic\u00adu\u00adlarly impres\u00adsive at high back pres\u00adsures up to 5,200 Pa (Fig. 3). Their air flow rates are up to 30,000 m\u00b3\/h. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are avail\u00adable with forward or back\u00adward-curved blades and in a scroll housing or as free\u00adwheel fans as appro\u00adpriate. Versions with external rotor motor in the impeller are also very compact and there\u00adfore require little instal\u00adla\u00adtion space in the venti\u00adlation units usually installed on the roof. The power supply provided is 6 to 72 VDC or 85 to 480 VAC. Compact fans have proven their worth for air condi\u00adtioning in super\u00admarket cabi\u00adnets, for venti\u00adlation of indi\u00advidual shelves and for cooling LEDs. They also operate at a high level of energy effi\u00adciency and contribute towards econom\u00adical oper\u00ada\u00adtion in this indoor farming concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fig. 2: Powerful, space-saving axial fans, for example for tunnel venti\u00adlation systems in which the air is pushed through the building. (Photo | ebm-papst)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Fig. 3: Centrifugal fans perform partic\u00adu\u00adlarly well against high back pres\u00adsures. They are avail\u00adable with forward or back\u00adward-curved blades and in a scroll housing or as free\u00adwheel fans as appro\u00adpriate. They are typi\u00adcally imple\u00admented in central venti\u00adlation units. (Photo | ebm-papst)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Real-time produc\u00adtion moni\u00adtoring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For a high-yield harvest, the condi\u00adtions for growth must be contin\u00adu\u00adally moni\u00adtored to initiate targeted changes or quickly elim\u00adi\u00adnate prob\u00adlems if required. ebm-papst helps with this using its digital services. Sensors and hubs ensure that all neces\u00adsary and mean\u00adingful data is digi\u00adtized (Fig. 6), whether it is the status of tech\u00adnical systems or moni\u00adtoring air and water quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fig. 6: For a high-yield harvest, the condi\u00adtions for growth must be contin\u00adu\u00adally moni\u00adtored to initiate targeted changes or quickly elim\u00adi\u00adnate prob\u00adlems if required. ebm-papst helps with this using its digital services. (Photo | ebm-papst)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This enables all data on air condi\u00adtioning, nutrient supply or lighting to be visu\u00adal\u00adized in real time. For example, using an app, it is also possible to test settings or auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcally receive current messages on a cell phone. The specially devel\u00adoped cloud appli\u00adca\u00adtions provide the appro\u00adpriate infor\u00adma\u00adtion and control options to opti\u00admize produc\u00adtion and make it econom\u00adical and sustain\u00adable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aiming high in Vertical Farming<\/h4>\n\t

Effi\u00adcient venti\u00adlation, air condi\u00adtioning, automa\u00adtion with fans, motors and AGV from ebm-papst.<\/p>\n\t

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