4 papers
A comprehensive dynamic growth and development model of Hermetia illucens larvae
Murali Padmanabha, Alexander Kobelski, Arne-Jens Hempel +1
Larvae of Hermetia illucens, also commonly known as black soldier fly (BSF) have gained significant importance in the feed industry, primarily used as feed for aquaculture and othe…
Model Predictive Control of a Food Production Unit: A Case Study for Lettuce Production
Murali Padmanabha, Lukas Beckenbach, Stefan Streif
Plant factories with artificial light are widely researched for food production in a controlled environment. For such control tasks, models of the energy and resource exchange in t…
Sustainability Analysis of Interconnected Food Production Systems via Theory of Barriers
Tim Aschenbruck, Willem Esterhuizen, Murali Padmanabha +1
Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is used for efficient food production. Efficiency can be increased further by interconnecting different CEA systems (e.g. plants and insect…
Design and validation of a low cost programmable controlled environment for study and production of plants, mushroom, and insect larvae
Murali Padmanabha, Stefan Streif
Use of commercial growth chambers for study of biological processes involved in biomass growth and production pose certain limitations on the nature of studies that can be performe…