Intelligent Climate Control System inside a Greenhouse

An agricultural greenhouse is an environment to ensure intensive agricultural production. The favorable climatological conditions (temperature, lighting, humidity...) for agricultural production must be reproduced in a non-natural way by controlling these parameters using several actuators (heating/air conditioning, ventilation, and humidifier/dehumidifier). The objective of this study is to control the humidity inside the greenhouse; it is a problem that remains to be negotiated. To that end, an actuator based on a humidifier and a dehumidifier was installed in an experimental greenhouse and activated by a fuzzy logic controller to achieve the desired optimal indoor humidity in the greenhouse.

Automated summary

An agricultural greenhouse is designed to ensure optimal climatic conditions for intensive agricultural production through non-natural means; controlling humidity inside the greenhouse remains a challenge to be addressed. This study implemented a fuzzy logic controller to activate a humidifier and dehumidifier in order to achieve the desired indoor humidity levels in the greenhouse.