Load calculations.

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العنوان:	Load calculations.
المؤلفون:	Uzair Jamil, Nicholas Vandewetering, Joshua M. Pearce
سنة النشر:	2023
مصطلحات موضوعية:	Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Science Policy, Plant Biology, Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified, Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified, yield per acre, +using%22">xlink "> using, transparent solar photovoltaic, three system topographies, snow loads surpass, make cleaner produce, based growing systems, results indicate, reduce diseases, racking structures, pole beans, plant vegetables, passion fruit, partial shading, fertigation purposes, fabrication instructions, enormous promise, economic analysis, ease harvesting, design calculations, concept prototypes, complete bill, agrivoltaic applications, 10 gw
الوصف:	Using a trellis to plant vegetables and fruits can double or triple the yield per acre as well as reduce diseases/pests, ease harvesting and make cleaner produce. Cultivars such as cucumbers, grapes, kiwi, melons, peas, passion fruit, pole beans, pumpkins, strawberries, squash, and tomatoes are all grown with trellises. Many of these cultivars showed increased yield with partial shading with semi-transparent solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. To further increase the efficiency of trellis-based growing systems, this study investigates novel low-cost, open-source, sustainable, wood-based PV racking designs for agrivoltaic applications. Design calculations are made to ensure these racks exceed Canadian building code standards, which with snow loads surpass those of most of the world. A complete bill of materials, fabrication instructions, and proof-of-concept prototypes are provided for three system topographies (sloped, T-shaped and inverse Y) along with economic analysis. In addition, to being cost competitive, the designs can act as trellis supports and be used for irrigation/fertigation purposes. The results indicate that these racking structures have enormous promise both agriculturally and energetically. If employed on only grape farms inside Canada, 10 GW of PV potential is made available, which is more than twice the total current installed PV in Canada.
نوع الوثيقة:	article in journal/newspaper
اللغة:	unknown
Relation:	https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Load_calculations_/24713758
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0294682.s002
الاتاحة:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294682.s002 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Load_calculations_/24713758
Rights:	CC BY 4.0
رقم الانضمام:	edsbas.38B959E0
قاعدة البيانات:	BASE

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DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0294682.s002