AQUAPONICS. AN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR FOOD PRODUCTION AND A NEW RESEARCH DIRECTION IN ROMANIA IN THE FIELD OF HORTICULTURE AND MASS AND HEAT TRANSFER
Journal Title: ISB-INMA TEH AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
Aquaponics is an innovative agricultural technology that combines into a loop aquaculture (fish farming) with hydroponics (growing plants without soil) to create a sustainable, low-impact food production unit. The fish, plant and bacteria (which play an important role in the system) each constitute a heterotrophic and homeostasis system. By bringing together several individuals of the same species, a community or system is formed that preserves the characteristics of the individual, but introduces new criteria for functioning, imposed by coexistence and a new way of dealing with the environment. By introducing the aquaponic system into a greenhouse, a series of transfer functions are created between the aquaponic system and the environment. In view of these issues, a pilot plant was built at ICDIMPH Horting, where three types of aquaponics systems and several heating systems are installed, which constitute the infrastructure for a research program that has the following objectives: - identifying the system variables that characterize the behaviour of the system and can be measured, the functional relations and the elaboration of dynamic models that allow to anticipate the behaviour of the aquaponic system depending on the evolution of the respective variables. - defining the thermal characteristics of greenhouses and unconventional heating systems; - wide dissemination of the results; In this paper are presented the first results obtained.
Authors and Affiliations
Cristian Bulbuc, M. Bogoescu, Marian Vintila, L. Dumitrescu
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