AGRICULTURAL SUNLIGHT TRANSMISSION LIGHTING SYSTEM, SUPPORTING GREENHOUSE AND LIGHTING METHOD
20220408660 ยท 2022-12-29
Inventors
Cpc classification
F21S11/002
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21V14/04
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21S19/005
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Y02A40/25
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
G02B6/0066
PHYSICS
F21S11/007
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
F21S13/14
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
G02B6/002
PHYSICS
F21V13/02
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
International classification
A01G9/24
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Abstract
Provided is a sunlight lighting system used in a greenhouse or a plant factory. The sunlight lighting system converts sunlight into light with a stable illumination direction and a controllable illumination intensity by means of a combination of a controller, a light condenser, a main driving mechanism and an illuminator, so that the sunlight lighting system meets lighting requirements of high-density stereoscopic cultivation frames. A supporting greenhouse is further comprised, where a facade or a top is provided with a light through hole. A main optical axis of the sunlight lighting system passes through the light through hole. A supporting lighting method is further comprised, which can obtain a better lighting effect with fewer steps.
Claims
1. An agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system, wherein the system comprises a controller, a light condenser, a main driving mechanism and an illuminator, wherein controlled by the controller, the light condenser is driven by the main driving mechanism to track the sun so as to reflect and/or refract sunlight to the illuminator, and the illuminator provides lighting to an illuminated object.
2. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 1, wherein the illuminator is a reflector, a lens, a light guide plate or a combination thereof, and provides lighting to microalgae or plants.
3. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 1, wherein a light path between the light condenser and the illuminator is provided with one or more light guide mirrors, the light guide mirror is in the shape of a plate, a curved plate, a wheel, a pyramid, a prism, a windmill or a fan blade, a reflecting surface is a plane or a curved surface, and the light guide mirror and/or the illuminator are fixedly installed or are driven to move by a secondary driving mechanism.
4. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 1, wherein a fill light shall be further arranged, the fill light comprising a driving circuit and a light source, and the driving circuit outputs a pulse current to drive the light source to give out pulsed light.
5. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 3, wherein a fill light shall be further arranged in front of the light guide mirror or the illuminator that are driven to move by the secondary driving mechanism, the fill light comprising a driving circuit, a spotlight reflector and a light source, and a beam emitted by the fill light passes through the moving light guide mirror and/or the moving illuminator to provide scanning-type lighting to the illuminated object.
6. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 1, wherein a solar photo-thermal utilization and photovoltaic utilization device shall be further arranged on a branched light path of the light condenser, and the light condenser driven by the main driving mechanism can move the beam from a main light path to the solar photo-thermal utilization and photovoltaic utilization device on the branched light path.
7. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 3, wherein a solar photo-thermal utilization and photovoltaic utilization device shall be further arranged on a branched light path of the light condenser or the light guide mirror, and the light condenser driven by the main driving mechanism can move the beam from a main light path to the solar photo-thermal utilization and photovoltaic utilization device on the branched light path, or the light guide mirror driven by the secondary driving mechanism can move the beam from the main light path to the solar photo-thermal utilization and photovoltaic utilization device on the branched light path.
8. A greenhouse fitting the agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 1, wherein a facade or a top of the greenhouse is provided with one or more light through holes, a main optical axis of the agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system passes through one of the light through holes, and the greenhouse is internally provided with a supporting device of the illuminator.
9. The greenhouse according to claim 8, wherein a suspended rail is arranged above the greenhouse, and an agricultural robot and/or a basket can operate on the suspended rail or be transported on the suspended rail.
10. A method for obtaining a larger effective lighting cultivation area by utilizing sunlight by using the agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises: step a, tracking, by a light condenser driven by a main driving mechanism, the sun; step b, reflecting and/or refracting, by the light condenser, sunlight to an illuminator; and step c, providing, by the illuminator, lighting to microalgae or plants.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein in step b, the light condenser reflects and/or refracts the sunlight to the light guide mirror, and then the light guide mirror is driven by the secondary driving mechanism to move so as to project the beam to a plurality of illuminators in a scanning manner sequentially, and in step c, the illuminator provides light and dark alternate pulse lighting to microalgae or plants.
12. The method according to claim 10, wherein in step b, the light condenser reflects and/or refracts the sunlight to the light guide mirror, and then the light guide mirror reflects the sunlight to the illuminator which is driven by the secondary driving mechanism to move.
13. The method according to claim 10, wherein in step c, the moving illuminator provides scanning lighting to the illuminated object, and the illuminated microalgae or plants obtain light and dark alternate pulse light.
14. The method according to claim 10, wherein when there's not need of lighting to the microalgae or plants, the main driving mechanism drives the light condenser or the light guide mirror driven the secondary driving mechanism to move the beam from the main light path and turn it to the solar photo-thermal utilization and photovoltaic utilization device on the branched light path so as to collect the sunlight for power generation and/or heat collection.
15. The method according to claim 10, wherein the method further comprises a supplemental lighting step, wherein continuous light beams emitted by the fill light are turned into pulse light after passing through the moving illuminator driven by the secondary driving mechanism.
16. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 2, wherein a light path between the light condenser and the illuminator is provided with one or more light guide mirrors, the light guide mirror is in the shape of a plate, a curved plate, a wheel, a pyramid, a prism, a windmill or a fan blade, a reflecting surface is a plane or a curved surface, and the light guide mirror and/or the illuminator are fixedly installed or are driven to move by a secondary driving mechanism.
17. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 2, wherein a fill light shall be further arranged, the fill light comprising a driving circuit and a light source, and the driving circuit outputs a pulse current to drive the light source to give out pulsed light.
18. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 16, wherein a fill light shall be further arranged in front of the light guide mirror or the illuminator that are driven to move by the secondary driving mechanism, the fill light comprising a driving circuit, a spotlight reflector and a light source, and a beam emitted by the fill light passes through the moving light guide mirror and/or the moving illuminator to provide scanning-type lighting to the illuminated object.
19. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 2, wherein a solar photo-thermal utilization device shall be further arranged on a branched light path of the light condenser, and the light condenser driven by the main driving mechanism can move the beam from a main light path to the solar photo-thermal utilization device on the branched light path.
20. The agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system according to claim 5, wherein a solar photo-thermal utilization device shall be further arranged on a branched light path of the light condenser or the light guide mirror, and the light condenser driven by the main driving mechanism can move the beam from a main light path to the solar photo-thermal utilization device on the branched light path, or the light guide mirror driven by the secondary driving mechanism can move the beam from the main light path to the solar photo-thermal utilization device on the branched light path.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0054] Further description of the present invention in detail will be made below through specific embodiments in combination with drawings.
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[0056] When the system in the embodiment works, the controller outputs a control signal to drive the horizontal driving shaft 23 and the pitching driving shaft 21 of the main driving mechanism to drive the reflecting condenser mirror 11 to track the sun 01 so as to reflect the sunlight 02 to the illuminator 31. The illuminator provides lighting to the flowers and plants or vegetables 41.
[0057] In regions with high latitudes, the reflecting condenser mirror 11 and the main driving mechanism can be arranged in the balcony guard bar 91 and also can keep lighting without shelter all the year. The cultivation frames 81 can further be arranged on walls on the left and right sides of the balcony. If the illuminator 31 is improved into a non-spherical reflector, the cultivation frames in different positions can provide more even lighting according to an optical design. The illuminator further can have various optical designs.
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[0059] When the system in the embodiment works, the controller outputs the control signal to drive the horizontal driving shaft 23 and the pitching driving shaft 21 of the main driving mechanism to drive the Fresnel condenser lens 12 to track the sun 01 so as to gather the sunlight 02 to the light absorbing portion 34 of the light guide plate of the illuminator through the light through hole 99 covered with a transparent material. The light emitting portion 33 of the light guide plate diverges and irradiates the sunlight 02 to the flowers and plants or vegetable 41 arranged on the cultivation frames 81 around the light guide plate arranged in the multi-span greenhouse. In cloudy days or at night, the pulse fill light 61 starts to operate to emit pulse light irradiated to the light absorbing portion 34 of the light guide plate, providing fill lighting to the cultivated flowers and plants or vegetables 41 through the light emitting portion 33 of the light guide plate.
[0060] 03 is a schematic diagram of light spots.
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[0062] When the system in the embodiment works, the controller outputs a control signal to drive the horizontal driving shaft 23 and the pitching driving shaft 21 of the main driving mechanism to drive the reflecting condenser mirror 11 to track the sun 01 so as to gather the sunlight 02 and irradiate the sunlight to the splitting illuminator 35 through the light through hole 99. Multi-beam sunlight 02 reflected by the splitting illuminator 35 respectively provides lighting to the flowers and plants or vegetables 41 on the plurality of cultivation frames 81. The splitting illuminator 35 further can rotate back and forth perpendicular to a principal plane under drive of the secondary driving mechanism 25 to generate scanning light spots perpendicular to the principal plane so as to provide scanning pulse lighting to the flowers and plants or vegetables 41 on the cultivation frames 81 in a large area. In cloudy days or at night, the current-constant fill light 62 starts to operate, and is driven by the secondary driving mechanism 26 to rotate parallel to the principal plane or perpendicular to the principal plane so as to provide fill lighting to the flowers and plants or vegetables 41 on the cultivation frames 81 in the large area. When there is sunlight 02 without need of lighting, the main driving mechanism drives the condenser mirror to move the light spots from a main light path and turns them to the solar photo-thermal utilization device 98 on the branched light path for power generation or heat collection. The collected heat can be used for raising the temperature of the greenhouse 92, can increase the room temperature rapidly in a cold environment and further can insulate and heat the culture solutions in the cultivation frames 81.
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[0064] When the system in the embodiment works, the controller outputs a control signal to drive the main driving mechanism, the secondary driving mechanism 27 and the galvanometer motor of the vibrating light guide mirror, respectively. An optical axis of the reflecting condenser mirror 11 directly faces the sun to track the sun 01 and gathers the sunlight 02 to the downward light guide mirror 54, and the downward light guide mirror 54 conducts the sunlight downwards and irradiates the sunlight to the vibrating light guide mirror 51 through the light through hole 99. The vibrating light guide mirror 51 driven by the galvanometer motor rotates back and forth along the rotating shaft to reflect the beam into a scanning beam that swings back and forth. The beam scans and irradiates different light absorbing portions 34 of the light guide plate sequentially, and rays absorbed by the light guide plate provide lighting to the microalgae in the culture solutions of the photobiological reactors through the light emitting portions 33 of the light guide plate. When there is sunlight 02 without need of lighting, the secondary driving mechanism 27 drives the downward light guide mirror 54 to move the light spots from the main light path and turns them to the solar photo-thermal utilization device 98 on the branched light path for power generation or heat collection. The collected heat can be used for raising the temperature of the greenhouse 92, and can be used for heating the culture solutions in the photobiological reactors 82.
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[0066] When the system in the embodiment works, the controller outputs a control signal to drive the main driving mechanism and the secondary driving mechanism 28. The reflecting condenser mirror 11 tracks the sun 01 and gathers the sunlight 02 to the fixed downward light guide mirror 52, and the downward light guide mirror conducts the sunlight downwards and irradiates the sunlight to the rotating prismatic illuminator 36 through the light through hole 99. The rotating prismatic illuminator 36 reflects the beam into a scanning beam that scans the cultivation frame 81 from top to bottom. Due to different numbers and rotating speeds of the irradiated surfaces of the prismatic illuminator, the light and dark alternating frequencies of the pulse lighting obtained by the flowers and plants or vegetables 41 on the cultivation frames are different. Due to different optical designs of curved surfaces of the reflecting surfaces of the prismatic illuminator, the instantaneous illumination intensity and the light and dark duty cycle of the pulse lighting obtained by the flowers and plants or vegetables 41 on the cultivation frames are different.
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[0068] When the system in the embodiment works, the controller controls the secondary driving mechanism 28 to rotate to drive the prismatic light guide mirror 53 to rotate to irradiate an incident beam to the light absorbing portions 34 of the light guide plate in different layers sequentially, and then the light absorbing portion 33 of the light guide plate provides pulse lighting to the flowers or plants 41 in the cultivation frame 81.
[0069] Due to different numbers and rotating speeds of the irradiated surfaces of the prismatic moving light guide mirrors, the light and dark alternating frequencies of the pulse lighting obtained by the flowers and plants or vegetables 41 on the cultivation frames 81 are different. Due to different optical designs of curved surfaces of the reflecting surfaces of the prismatic moving light guide mirrors, the instantaneous illumination intensity and the light and dark duty cycle of the pulse lighting obtained by the flowers and plants or vegetables 41 on the cultivation frames are different.
[0070] The illuminator in the embodiment can also be designed to be a combination of other optical frames. For example, the light absorbing portion 34 can be arranged as a mirror reflecting lens which forms double reflectors with another reflector or multiple reflectors in the area of the top 33 of the cultivation area. The beam irradiated from the moving light guide mirror can provide lighting to the plants when being reflected only twice, with a Z-shaped light path. The light path of the embodiment is zigzag, and the ray is internally reflected for many times in the light guide plate.
[0071] The embodiments of the present invention are not limited by the above-mentioned specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art can design various variants within the scope of the technical solution protected by the present invention or achieve the same technical effect of the present invention by similar technical means. The present invention further has the following various implementation details.
[0072] There are many ways for the controller to obtain real-time position information of the sun. One way is to record the local geographical location parameters and the annual moving track parameters of the sun, calculate the real-time elevating angle and azimuth angle of the sun according to time and output a corresponding control signal, so as to control operation of the system of the present invention. The second way is that the controller can input azimuth information of the sun measured in the field annually so as to calculate and obtain the real-time position information of the sun according to time. The third one is to additionally arrange a light position sensor which can be installed on the light condenser to feed the position information of the sun in real time to the controller so as to correct movement of the main driving mechanism. The light position sensor can also be installed on the main light path to feed deviation information of the light path back to the controller so as to make correction. The controller can be installed in a hidden manner. For example, it can be integrally installed with the main driving mechanism and an industrial control panel of the controller can also be installed in a building. One controller can either control a set of system provided by the present invention or control a plurality of sets of systems provided by the present invention in cluster. The control signal of the controller can be either connected with the main driving mechanism through a line or connected in a wireless mode. The controller, the main driving mechanism and the secondary driving mechanism connected in the wireless mode are respectively provided with matched wireless transceiver units.
[0073] The light condenser can be a Fresnel condenser lens, a spherical reflector, a non-spherical reflector, a parabolic mirror, an off-axis parabolic mirror, a catadioptric lens in the field of telescope, double reflectors and a tread reflector used in the field of heliostat, or a bi-reflecting light condenser formed by combining a plane mirror on the heliostat with a fixed curved mirror. The collecting mode of the light condenser includes two types: first, the optical principal axis of the light condenser directly faces the sun, and the position of the focus relative to the lens body of the light condenser is unchanged; second, heliostat tracks the sun and collect sunlight. The light condenser can further be provided with a dome type protective cover for preventing rain and dust.
[0074] The main driving mechanism at least has two moving shafts, a horizontal moving shaft responsible for tracking the solar azimuth of the sun and a pitching moving shaft responsible for tracking the elevating angle of the sun. For example, a double-shaft driving device, the horizontal moving shaft and the pitching moving shaft of the heliostat are connected one another with perpendicular arms. A non-perpendicular connecting arm can further be arranged between the horizontal moving shaft and the pitching moving shaft, the non-perpendicular connecting arm can be of a structure of an oblique arm or an L-shaped crank arm or a U-shaped crank arm, and the bottom of the U-shaped crank arm is connected with the horizontal driving shaft. The length of the non-perpendicular connecting arm is within a range of 0.3 time to 2 times of the focal length of the light condenser. The design has an effect that the lens body of the light condenser rotates around the focus nearby when the horizontal moving shaft of the main driving mechanism rotates. The horizontal moving shaft or the pitching moving shaft can be configured as a motor and a speed reducer. The main driving mechanism can further be designed in other ways. For example, a moving mechanism with more than three shafts can realize a moving effect of two moving shafts as well.
[0075] The illuminator plays a role of providing a proper lighting condition to the lighted object. The illuminator can be a reflector such as a spherical reflector, a non-spherical reflector, a plane mirror and a diffuse reflector; the illuminator can be a lens such as a convex lens, a concave lens and a diffusing lens; the illuminator can be a light guide plate and a light guide column; and the illuminator can further be formed by combining the optical frames in above various forms or a lens body of the illuminator is provided with a plurality of reflecting surfaces or refracting surfaces. The illuminator can be either fixedly installed or installed on the secondary driving mechanism. The irradiated objects of the illuminator are organisms with photosynthetic pigments, such as photosynthetic bacteria, microalgae and plants. According to design and layout of the illuminator, the illuminator can be designed according to light intensities required by microalgae or plants. With respect to plants requiring high lighting, for example grain crops, melons and fruits and tropic plants, the illuminator can be designed with a small irradiation areas and high lighting intensity. With respect to plants requiring weak lighting, for example, common leaf vegetables and noble medicinal materials, the illuminator can be designed with a larger irradiation area. For example, an led is used as a light source to cultivate lettuces, the illumination intensity is only 1/10 to 1/5 of that of the direct sunlight to meet the demand on lettuce growth. So the demand on lettuce cultivation in the cultivation area in a unit area can be met by collecting direct sunlight in a unit area. With respect to noble medicinal materials requiring lower illumination intensity, for example, panax notoginseng, ginseng, dendrobium officinale and anoectochilus roxburghii, the cultivation and culture demands in more than 10 times of unit area can be met by collecting sunlight in the unit area.
[0076] The light guide mirror has the function of changing the direction of the light path. The light guide mirror can be either fixedly installed or installed on the secondary driving mechanism. The light guide mirror is in the shape of a plate, a curved plate, a wheel, a pyramid, a prism, a windmill or a fan blade, one light guide mirror can have a plurality of reflecting surfaces, and the reflecting surface can be a plane, a curved surface or a zigzagged surface. One light guide mirror in the moving state can guide the beam to the plurality of illuminators in a same space by way of scanning, and lighting obtained by each illuminator is light and dark alternate lighting. Under a circumstance of invariable lighting condition and illuminator condition, the light and dark alternate pulse frequencies of lighting obtained by each illuminator are different due to different numbers of the reflecting surfaces and rotating speeds of the light guide mirrors. Due to different optical designs of reflecting surfaces of the reflecting surfaces of the light guide mirror, the light and dark alternate duty cycle of the lighting obtained by each illuminator are different. Under the condition, the plants irradiated by the illuminator obtain dark and light alternate lighting correspondingly, and the instantaneous illumination intensity and the light and dark duty cycle of the lighting are decided by design and rotating speed of the illuminator.
[0077] In the embodiment of the present invention, one set of system can be provided with one or more secondary driving mechanisms. The secondary driving mechanism can be either connected with the illuminator, or connected with the light guide mirror and the fill light. The secondary driving mechanism can be either a uniaxial moving mechanism or a moving mechanism with more than two shafts. The secondary driving mechanism can be formed by an independent motor and/or a transmission device. The transmission device can be in gear transmission and belt transmission and can also be a connecting rod mechanism. In the solution where the illuminator or the light guide mirror is driven to rotate back and forth, the motor is designed to be the galvanometer motor.
[0078] The light source of the agricultural sodium lamp or led lamp or other artificial light sources with light emitting spectra suitable for fill lighting of plants. The fill light includes a driving circuit, a light source and a reflecting cover. The driving light source can output a direct current, so that the light source emits light stably, for example, a ballast. The driving power supply can also be designed to output a pulse current to drive the light source to emit pulse light. The reflecting cover can be optically designed to be a spotlight reflector and can also be designed to a diffuse reflection lampshade. The fill light can directly irradiate the cultivated plants, and the beam of the fill light can also irradiate the plants indirectly through the illuminator and further can irradiate the plants when being reflected by the light guide mirror. The light guide mirror can be either fixedly installed or connected with the secondary driving mechanism, and is driven by the secondary driving mechanism to rotate. When the illuminator and/or the light guide mirror is in the moving state, the beam emitted by the fill light driven by the direct current to emit stable light becomes the scanning beam through the moving illuminator and/or light guide mirror, and the irradiated plants obtain light and dark alternate pulse light.
[0079] The solar photo-thermal utilization device provided in the present invention consists of the solar cell panel and/or the solar heat collecting tube. The solar photo-thermal utilization device is arranged on the branched light path of the light condenser or the branched light path of the moving light guide mirror or the top and facade of the greenhouse. When the plant cultivation area do not need lighting or it is needed to increase the room temperature and heat, the light condenser driven by the main driving device irradiates the beam to the solar photo-thermal utilization device or the light guide mirror driven by the secondary driving mechanism irradiates the beam to the solar photo-thermal utilization device. It has the beneficial effect that a comprehensive utilization effect of the sunlight is realized.
[0080] The present invention can further be additionally provided with a lens dissipating device which can be arranged on the light guide mirror or the illuminator. A dissipating mode of the dissipator may be air cooling, water cooling and semiconductor refrigerating.
[0081] The light condenser, the light guide mirror and the illuminator of the present invention can be designed in a manner of being conveniently disassembled and replaced. A blocking device and a locking device that are matched with each other are respectively arranged on the lens body and the fixed bracket or the installation position of the driving mechanism.
[0082] The greenhouse of the present invention is a one-layered or multi-layered structure. The facade and/or the top of the greenhouse is provided with one or more light through holes, the main optical axis of the agricultural sunlight transmission lighting system provided by the present invention passes through one of the light through holes, and the light through hole can be communicated with outside and can be designed to be covered with the transparent material. The covering transparent material can be coated with an antireflection film or is covered with a functional film that blocks and weakens lighting of some wave bands. The greenhouse is internally provided with a fixed bracket installation device of the illuminator and/or the light guide mirror and is further provided with a fixed bracket installation device for installing the secondary driving mechanism. An edge of the light through hole formed in the top of the greenhouse is provided with a rainproof protrusion or groove, and the light through hole formed in the facade of the greenhouse is provided with a rainproof structure. The top of the greenhouse is provided with an installation position for installing the main driving mechanism. The cultivation frame in the greenhouse is a horizontal cultivation frame, a perpendicular cultivation frame or a multilayered cultivation frame. A suspended rail or a rail perpendicular to the ground is arranged above the greenhouse, the rail is matched with a power taking device, and an agricultural robot and/or a basket can operate on the suspended rail and/or the basket can be transported on the suspended rail. The material covering the facade and the top of the greenhouse can be an opaque material, for example, cement facade and top. In the multilayered greenhouse, a light through hole penetrating more than two layers is further formed, so that the beam of the light guide mirror can be transmitted across layers. The multilayered greenhouse is further provided with an elevator for people and goods to go up and down. A cross-layer perpendicular rail shall also be arranged, so that the robot operates across layers.