Portable Aeroponic System for plant growth: artificial lighting (led) and advanced prototyping

• Grant number: 18/04421-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: March 01, 2019
• End date: October 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Agreement: FINEP - PIPE/PAPPE Grant
• Principal Investigator: Alex Humberto Calori
• Grantee: Alex Humberto Calori
• Company: Alex Humberto Calori - ME
• CNAE: Atividades de consultoria em gestão empresarial ; Pesquisa e desenvolvimento experimental em ciências físicas e naturais
• City: Mococa
• Associated researchers: Luis Felipe Villani Purquerio ; Thiago Leandro Factor
• Associated research grant: 16/21643-5 - Portable Aeroponic System (PAS) for the cultivation of plants in homes, AP.PIPE
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/04669-9 - Portable Aeroponic System for plant growth: artificial lighting (LED) and advanced prototyping, BP.PIPE

Abstract

A portable aeroponic system (SAP), for plant growth (indoor cultivation), is a solution for people who do not have: physical space, technical knowledge and time to deal with plants in a conventional way (soil and substrate). Our device can meet the mentioned public, as well as, provide an additional value proposition: the well-being related to plant cultivation. The equipment development was initiated in PIPE-FAPESP program. However, a few technical advances need to be overcome. (AU)