MaryJanesMusic
New member
Hey there fellow cannabists,
I'm a Chem E kid fresh outa school on my first job in the cannabis industry, working in SFE. I want to broaded my horizon of knowledge for the upstream segment of the process, being pretreatment and extraction, more from the standpoint of vertical integration for the outcome of economic gains and providing feedstock cannabis for the purposes of extraction oils. I am an insanely quick learner and very resourceful... I've been known for biting off much more than I can chew and succeeding. Therefore I know it may be a stupid idea and you may be completely against the notion, but I would appreciate you to look at this open-mindedly and play a part in a big engineering venture. So here it goes:
I want to combine the highest throughput method for producing mass-volume of cannabis in as small a space as possible and as energy efficient as possible. I know this sounds like a ridiculous claim and essentially the general outcome of any grower who wishes to grow smart. But I really need to take this to a new level and provide some good R&D on the highest throughput method for growing cannabis. Therefore, here's my thoughts:
Combining a vertical grow system, so ~140 plants with only 2-3 week veg period, with aeroponics. I have the funding to afford a high pressure pump for create a micron grade nutrient mist. Then lighting the system with a combination of ~1200 W of both CFL and MH to give the widest wavelength band to the plants with as minimal energy as possible, with wasted heat energy kept in mind in the design. How can we brainstorm some ideas for creating as of a space, energy, and gram-yield efficiency as possible, negating cost and experience level as factors in the design considerations.
THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP AND IDEAS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE!!!! I am new to the community and hope to make an impression as we brainstorm some possibly breakthrough or novel ideas for optimizing consumption rates versus throughput rate. Lets have fun with this!!
I'm a Chem E kid fresh outa school on my first job in the cannabis industry, working in SFE. I want to broaded my horizon of knowledge for the upstream segment of the process, being pretreatment and extraction, more from the standpoint of vertical integration for the outcome of economic gains and providing feedstock cannabis for the purposes of extraction oils. I am an insanely quick learner and very resourceful... I've been known for biting off much more than I can chew and succeeding. Therefore I know it may be a stupid idea and you may be completely against the notion, but I would appreciate you to look at this open-mindedly and play a part in a big engineering venture. So here it goes:
I want to combine the highest throughput method for producing mass-volume of cannabis in as small a space as possible and as energy efficient as possible. I know this sounds like a ridiculous claim and essentially the general outcome of any grower who wishes to grow smart. But I really need to take this to a new level and provide some good R&D on the highest throughput method for growing cannabis. Therefore, here's my thoughts:
Combining a vertical grow system, so ~140 plants with only 2-3 week veg period, with aeroponics. I have the funding to afford a high pressure pump for create a micron grade nutrient mist. Then lighting the system with a combination of ~1200 W of both CFL and MH to give the widest wavelength band to the plants with as minimal energy as possible, with wasted heat energy kept in mind in the design. How can we brainstorm some ideas for creating as of a space, energy, and gram-yield efficiency as possible, negating cost and experience level as factors in the design considerations.
THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP AND IDEAS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE!!!! I am new to the community and hope to make an impression as we brainstorm some possibly breakthrough or novel ideas for optimizing consumption rates versus throughput rate. Lets have fun with this!!