Study of LED array fill light based on parallel particle swarm optimization in greenhouse planting

Abstract

Agricultural productivity is crucial to the economy. The output and quality of crops have a direct impact on people’s daily lives and a country's food and clothing. Therefore, harvesting high-quality crops efficiently and maximizing yield per unit area are the most important goals pursued by farmers. As an important parameter of plant growth, light intensity is one of the important factors that affects plant growth and development, morphological establishment and accumulation of functional chemical substances. When light intensity cannot meet the plant’s needs, the optimal light intensity or uneven light distribution will have a greater impact on plant growth and development. This paper aims to address the optimal plant light intensity problem. The paper presents an expert system technology database storing the empirical value of real-time light intensity values and compares it with a parallel particle swarm optimization algorithm to identify the optimal locations where LED lights need to be turned on and where drive circuit lit LED arrays need to be situated, to identify the number of LED fill lights and to solve light intensity optimization problems. Keywords: Particle swarm optimization, Greenhouse, Fill light, Expert system, LED