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Year-Round High Tunnel: P-14419 Detailed Design Review Chris Caradonna Dillon Jourde Kelsey McManus Matt Pellegrini

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Engineering Requirements UNIT OF NUMBER SOURCE SPECIFICATION MEASURE MARGINAL VALUE IDEAL VALUE ER1 CR3 Adaptability of panles # of purposes 2 >2 ER2 CR1 Air and soil temperatures degrees F 40<T<100 50 ER3 CR1 UV light amount mol/day 15 60 ER4 CR1 UV spectrum transmittance % of spectrum 70 100 Irrigation system: water ER5 CR2 availability gal 250 500 ER6 CR4 Work area implementation ft^2 96 (12x8) 192 (24x8) ER7 CR6 Changover Time (2 people) min 60 10

Agenda  Designs #1 and #2 Provide Enviroment For  Watering System Year Round Plant Growth  Lighting System  Thermodynamic Model Sustain Sustain Enclose Adequate Provide Water Adequate Light Garden  Heating System Temperature  Sustainable Energy Options  Insulation  Testing Plans  Total Energy Consumption  Total Cost  Updated Risk Assessment  Project Plan

Design Overview

Current State  Steel hoop structure with 20’ x 48’ footprint  Polyethylene covering for roof and all walls

Design #1  Existing planting beds are used, covered in low tunnels  12 hanging ballasts provide additional light  Heat put directly into soil beneath beds via heating cables

Design #2  Large “low tunnel” covers a central bed (12’x40’)  Six Metal Halide ballasts provide supplemental light  Mounted within “low tunnel”

Overall System Progress Research Design 90% 80% Watering System Simulation Testing 95% 0%

Watering System Notes  Will still need a hose from city water  Long period of no rain  Cost Estimate $1500-1750  Decisions that remain:  Suppliers  Final tank storage size  Decision if contractors are needed or wanted for install  Remaining Concern: Winter Usage

Water Simulation (2012 – 2013)

Water BOM – Gutter/Storage Item Quantity Item Quantity 115V industrial diaphragm pump 1 Downspout adapter 2 Gutters (10' sections) 12 Gutter end caps 2 Gutter brackets 36 Lumber ~~~~~~ Gutter slip joints 12 Water tanks(500 gallon?) 2 Gutter mounting screws 48 Tank outlet valves 2 Gutter seal lubricant 1 Hose adaptors to fit valves 2 Conduit clamps 2 Tank cap seals 2 High flow drop outlets 4 Wire nuts 16 Downspouts 2 Wire 25' Downspout elbow 2 Garden hoses 2

Water BOM - Irrigation Item Quantity Filter 1 Power switch 1 Pump 1 Power source Pressure regulator 1 Header line 24' Connector tubing 8' Drip lines 4 Line emitter valves 8 Hose clamps 6 Drip line ends 4

Overall System Progress Research Design %% %% Lighting System Simulation Testing %% %%

Lighting Assumptions and Industry Standards Efficacy mols/m^2/ Typical Ballast (lumens/watt Light Source ) Sizes Other Notes Moles/day d High Heat, Min 15 120 V - 400 blue end of Metal Halide 65-115 W, 240 V - Max 60 spectrum and 1000W UV (leafy) Target 20 High heat, Runtimes Conversion to Conversion to yellow - High Pressure 85-150 120 V - 150 W orange end of Light Source FT-Candles (hours) μmol /m^2/s Sodium spectrum Metal Halide 0.152 6 0.0216 (flowery) HPS 0.131 Low heat 10 0.036 T5 0.146 T-5 120-277 V - output, blue 93-104 12 0.0432 Fluorescent 54 W end of LED ? spectrum 90-264 V - LED 150+ Low heat, $$$ 200 W

Lighting Light Source Runtime Target μmol/m^2/s Ft-Candles Distance (ft) Lumens Needed Watts Area Coverage # Ballasts Metal Halide 10 556 3655 2.0 45930 528 6.5'x6.5' 12 HPS 10 556 4241 2.0 53292 455 6.5'x6.5' 12 T5 10 556 3805 2.0 47817 797 5'x12' 8 LED 10 556 Comparable to 1000W HID ~ 8'x8' ~8 Based on current layout

Lighting Energy Energy Energy Cost Costs of Requirements/ Energy Cost/day Cost/Year(365 for Winter (5 Light Source Runtime Cost Range/ Ballast # Ballasts Watts/Ballast day (KWh) days) months) Ballasts ($0.10/KWh) Metal Halide 10 $100-$200 12 $1,800.00 600 72 $7.20 $2,628.00 $1,101.60 HPS 10 $100-$200 12 $1,800.00 600 72 $7.20 $2,628.00 $1,101.60 VHO T5 10 $150-$250 8 $1,600.00 760 61 $6.08 $2,219.20 $930.24 LED 10 $500-$800 8 $4,800.00 325 26 $2.60 $949.00 $397.80 Winterized Row Set Up- 12'x40' centrered Planting Row Energy Energy Energy Cost Costs of Energy Cost/day Requirements/ Cost/Year(365 for Winter (5 Light Source Runtime Cost Range/ Ballast # Ballasts Ballasts Watts/Ballast day (KWh) ($0.10/KWh) days) months) Metal Halide 10 $100-$200 8 $1,200.00 600 48 $4.80 $1,752.00 $734.40 HPS 10 $100-$200 8 $1,200.00 600 48 $4.80 $1,752.00 $734.40 VHO T5 10 $150-$250 6 $1,200.00 760 46 $4.56 $1,664.40 $697.68 LED 10 $500-$800 6 $3,600.00 325 20 $1.95 $711.75 $298.35

Winterized Layout Current Layout Lighting Metal Halide Current Situation New Situation Changes* Growing Area 600 440 26.67% Number of Ballasts 12 8 Cost of Ballasts $1,800.00 $1,200.00 Energy Costs/day $7.20 $4.80 Yearly Energy Costs $2,628.00 $1,752.00 33.33% *TRADE OFF: 27% loss in growing area (not including strawberry bed) 33% savings in electricity cost

Lighting BOM Notes: Lighting BOM QTY Cost per Total Cost Kits include: • KIT 8 $250.00 $2,000.00 Ballast • Ballast 8 $150.00 $1,200.00 Bulb • 600 W Metal Halide Bulb 8 $30.00 $240.00 Reflectors • Reflectors 8 $100.00 $800.00 Sometimes include: • Total for non KIT $2,240.00 Timers • Timers (optional) 2 $40.00 $80.00 Adjustable Hangers • Light Meter (optional) 1 $100.00 $100.00 Buying Bulbs in bulk will • save money.

Overall System Progress Research Design 95% 90% Thermodynamic Model Simulation Testing 90% -

Changes in Model  Completed Model of “as - is” High Tunnel  Two new thermal circuits created  Design #1  Design #2  Soil to Soil conduction fixed (again)  Energy balance updated  Auxiliary energy (energy needed to bring system up to target temperature) calculated

Design #1 – Thermal Circuit Lower half of circuit (radiation from non-low tunnel soil) has been ignored because it is unsolvable with thermal circuit method.

Results Design #1  Parameters:  R Panels = 2 m 2 *K/W  R soil = 10 m 2 *K/W  R LowTun = .85 m 2 *K/W  β = .50

Design #2 Thermal Circuit Thermal Resistances

Results Design #2

Overall System Progress Research Design 95% 90% Heating Simulation Testing 80% -

Heating  Radiation from lights  The use of metal halide lights will produce a large amount of excess heat energy that would usually be wasted.  Design #2 aims to capture this ‘wasted’ heat and keep it inside a smaller cavity  Subsurface Heating Sub Surface Heating Watts/Ft Voltage Required Length Heat Input (W) Price Chromalox - Freeze 3 120 360 930 Quote Pending Protection - 5 120 270 1550 Quote Pending - 8 120 215 2480 Quote Pending Heat Line - Retro Line 3 120 250 930 Quote Pending - 3 240 550 930 Quote Pending Standard Plug Heating 5 120 200 1550 162.95 Cables - No splicing Raychem Wintergard 6 120 100 1860 663.89

Solar Options  Halco  Estimate -$125,000 for 6 pole mount system good for 24,300 kW-hr minus roughly $45,000 in eligible grants

Overall System Progress Research Design 85% 70% Insulation Simulation Testing 95% -

Insulation  The insulation of both the above ground structure and soil is critical to the performance of the high tunnel  i.e. doubling the R-Value of panels/roof will keep internal temperature from dropping below target temperature for roughly half a month longer than current state R-values  i.e. with no soil insulation, soil temperature drops below target temperature by December. With mid-range soil insulation, soil temperature stays in target range until January.  Insulation needed for:  Rigid sidewalls  Soft roof  Low tunnels  Soil

Paneling – Detail Cost Estimates Transmission of Transmission Material R-Value Visible Light (380 Hardness Cost/(4ft^2) Cost total Category after 10 years nm to 780 nm) Deglas Acrylic Panel, Sidewalls & 2.04 86% 83% $18.83 $3,955.00 Rigid 16mm Clear Endwalls Deglas Acrylic Panel, Sidewalls & 1.78 86% 83% $14.17 $2,975.00 Rigid 8mm Clear Endwalls 16mm Triple Wall Sidewalls & Experiment 2.50 74% $15.00 $3,150.00 Rigid Polycarbonate Endwalls Lexan Thermoclear Sidewalls & 2.40 75% 70%-75% $3.50 $3,393.60 Rigid 16mm 4RS Endwalls Lexan Thermoclear Sidewalls & 1.70 79% 74%-79% $1.95 $1,890.72 Rigid 8mm Triple Wall Endwalls Polyethylene Single 0.87 83% ~$70.00 Soft Roof Layer 5mm Polyethylene Double 1.50 <75% ~140.00 Soft Roof Layer 5mm Solexx 5mm 2.30 75% 70% $8.05 $1,951.32 Soft Roof Soil Insulation ft^2 m^2 Paneling Breakdown ft^2 m^2 4ft Depth 1504 139.7 Sidewalls 480 44.6 End Walls 360 33.4 Product R-Value Price Roof 969.6 90.1 Foamular 150 1" Thick 5 < $893.00 Update values • Foamular 150 2" Thick 10 $893.00 Add more insulations Foamular 150 3" Thick 15 > $893.00 •

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