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Evolutionary layout design synthesis of an autonomous greenhouse using product-related dependencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2020

Yann-Seing Law-Kam Cio Open the ORCID record for Yann-Seing Law-Kam Cio [Opens in a new window] ,
Yuanchao Ma ,
Aurelian Vadean ,
Giovanni Beltrame  and
Sofiane Achiche
Yann-Seing Law-Kam Cio*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, succ. CV, Montréal, Québec, CanadaH3C 3A7
Yuanchao Ma
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, succ. CV, Montréal, Québec, CanadaH3C 3A7
Aurelian Vadean
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, succ. CV, Montréal, Québec, CanadaH3C 3A7
Giovanni Beltrame
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering, Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, succ. CV, Montréal, Québec, CanadaH3C 3A7
Sofiane Achiche
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, succ. CV, Montréal, Québec, CanadaH3C 3A7
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Author for correspondence: Yann-Seing Law-Kam Cio, E-mail: yann-seing.law-kam-cio@polymtl.ca
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Abstract

The development of autonomous greenhouses has caught the interest of many researchers and industrial considering their potential of offering an optimal environment for the growth of high-quality crops with minimum resources. Since an autonomous greenhouse is a mechatronic system, the consideration of its subsystem (e.g. heating systems) and component (e.g. actuators and sensors) interactions early in the design phase can ease the product development process. Indeed, this consideration could shorten the design process, reduce the number of redesign loops, and improve the performance of the overall mechatronic system. In the case of a greenhouse, it would lead to a higher quality of the crops and a better management of resources. In this work, the layout design of a general autonomous greenhouse is translated into an optimization problem statement while considering product-related dependencies. Then, a genetic algorithm is used to carry out the optimization of the layout design. The methodology is applied to the design of a fully autonomous greenhouse (45 cm × 30 cm × 30 cm) for the growth of plants in space. Although some objectives are conflictual, the developed algorithm proposes a compromise to obtain a near-optimal feasible layout design. The algorithm was also able to optimize the volume of components (occupied space) while considering the energy consumption and the overall mass. Their respective summed values are 2844.32 cm3, which represents 7% of the total volume, 5.86 W, and 655.8 g.

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Design automationdesign synthesisevolutionary computinggenetic algorithmproduct development
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AI EDAM , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , February 2021 , pp. 49 - 64
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