Implementation and demonstration of digital twin system for plant factory

Abstract

This study described the results of implementing the framework of the digital twin system for the digitization of plant factories. The purpose of this invention is to implement a system based on digital twins that can control and monitor the optimal environment for foliage containing functional components grown in plant factories. In this paper, for the realization of such a system, a digital twin framework that can be applied universally to plant factories was designed. This design structure was largely designed by dividing it into 1) the physical world layer, 2) the cyber and physical interaction layer, 3) the digital twin system layer, and 4) the application layer. In this study, the plant factory digital twin framework designed in this way was demonstrated in the test bed space of a company operating a plant factory in Chungcheongnam-do.