Solar energy in the agrifood industry

Fuentes, Roberto; Rojas, Diego; Rivera, Marco; Riveros, Jose; Munoz, Javier; Wheeler, Patrick

Abstract

The agriculture and food industry is very important for human society development and is constantly growing with the world's population. Agriculture is also among the activities that generate a lot of greenhouse gases, therefore there is a need to opt for the implementation of renewable energy resources for processing. Solar energy is a good solution because it is clean, natural and abundant as well as usually being available in the regions used for growing food. This paper presents some processes in the agriculture and food industries in which solar energy systems can be used. The state of the art and practical examples of the incorporation and adaptability of solar energy are also presented.

Citation

Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Solar energy in the agrifood industry. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON)
• Start Date: Dec 6, 2021
• End Date: Dec 9, 2021
• Acceptance Date: Oct 21, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Feb 11, 2022
• Publication Date: Dec 6, 2021
• Deposit Date: May 31, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: May 31, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 12-18
• Book Title: 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON)
• ISBN: 9781665408745
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/chilecon54041.2021.9702972
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/8307099
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9702972
• Additional Information: Abstract in English; main text in Spanish.