SanSSoil (Soil-less) Indoor Farming for Food and Energy Production
First Claim
1. A SanSSoil farming system for photosynthetic growth of organisms, comprising:
- I. a protected SanSSoil environment for sustaining the growth of at least one plant specie, to produce at least one product;
II. A means for controlling said environment to maximize the economic viability index, EVI;
the photosynthetic conversion efficiency multiplied by the gain factor;
wherein said gain factor is selected from the group;
{ge, gsol, gegsol}.
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Abstract
To produce food, plants rely on three main ingredients, sun energy, water, and carbon dioxide, the cost of which is zero. To address the food and energy security concerns, two mysteries are resolved for the first time: i)—Photosynthetic efficiency is known to be very low, the scientific full accounting for all the losses is lacking; ii)—Fanning is known to be profitable, yet accounting for the zero cost of solar energy is not understood. This inventor resolved them by the derivation of a simple mathematical law, AgriPAL, comprising explicitly, a new solar gain factor >200× which offset the low efficiency of ˜0.005. In the absence of the sun, the newly found solar gain goes to 1. Since SanSSoil enables harnessing the third dimension, the sky is the limit. Water saving of >100 is realized through the controlled enclosed environment, which also encourages increased use of GMO for food and biofuel.
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35 Claims
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1. A SanSSoil farming system for photosynthetic growth of organisms, comprising:
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I. a protected SanSSoil environment for sustaining the growth of at least one plant specie, to produce at least one product; II. A means for controlling said environment to maximize the economic viability index, EVI;
the photosynthetic conversion efficiency multiplied by the gain factor;
wherein said gain factor is selected from the group;
{ge, gsol, gegsol}. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35)
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33. The SanSSoil method for indoor growing plants and other photosynthetic organisms comprises the following steps:
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1. Providing substantially impermeable environment 101. 2. Providing at least one growth layer, 103 capable of sustaining growth of plant a plant specie, and comprises at least on integrally made SGE 1, for example as in FIG. 2B .3. Providing seeds to be germinated in at least one SGE to establish a seedling that is viable for further growth, or alternatively, providing at least one seedling that is fixed in an SGE to adapt and become viable for further growth. 4. Providing light having optimized wavelength, intensity, and temporal characteristics. 5. Selecting a program stored in the control system that comprises optimized temporal steps, and parameter values for the plant specie, which is designed to give an optimum growth trajectory for the desired product. 6. Activating the control system to start the growth protocol for the desired specie. 7. Monitoring the growth conditions by means of sensors to enable the control system make adjustments, as needed, follow the designed growth trajectory. 8. Harvesting the products 9. Repeating the cycles for either batch mode culture or continuous culture. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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