CyberGreen- CYBERphysical control architecture for the optimization of the water-energy-carbon-food nexus in GREENhouse

The main objective of this proposal is to develop optimized control and management framework which, through the generation, storage, reuse and use of water, energy, and carbon to control the climate, enrichment, and fertigation. Moreover, the study of the capabilities and protocols aimed at integrating these heterogeneous elements will play an important role. To this end, it is necessary to design and implement the cyber-physical architecture, from the automatic control perspective, as a framework within which all future developments will be performed. To analyse and understand the physical components, the intersection, and the computational components to integrate the hierarchy, the data fluxes, and the capabilities. To develop the most appropriate control and optimization strategies for the nexus, the changing process conditions during the operation horizon, and the crop demands – so as to improve the sustainability (energy, water, and carbon footprint) and economic profitability of the greenhouse production. To implement and validate through field trials and to evaluate the benefits resulting from its use. For this purpose, the developed algorithms will be implemented and evaluated under different operating conditions over an agricultural season along with the environmental and economic benefit to the farmers of the developed technology.