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Underground Smart Farms: Conceptual Design Based on Status Analysis and Environmental Monitoring

지하 스마트팜: 현황 분석 및 지하 환경 모니터링 기반의 개념설계

Soo-Ho Chang1
,
Tae-Ho Kang2
,
Soon-Wook Choi2*
장 수호1
,
강 태호2
,
최 순욱2*
1Senior Research Fellow, Department of Geotechnical Engineering Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology
2Senior Researcher, Department of Geotechnical Engineering Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology
1한국건설기술연구원 지반연구본부 선임연구위원
2한국건설기술연구원 지반연구본부 수석연구원
*Corresponding Author
31 December 2025. pp. 760-779
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Abstract

In this study, a conceptual design was carried out for implementing underground smart farms by utilizing the environmental characteristics of underground idle spaces. To achieve this, recent research trends on underground smart farms were analyzed to identify monitoring parameters necessary for optimizing future underground smart farm operations. Based on the identified monitoring parameters, an environmental monitoring system was designed, fabricated, and installed in the idle space of a room-and-pillar mine. Analysis of the initial data revealed that temperature, atmospheric pressure, carbon dioxide concentration, and carbon monoxide concentration satisfied the operating conditions for the three cultivation methods considered in this study. However, additional measures are deemed necessary for humidity and dust control. Based on these results, a modular underground smart farm unit was designed for application in the test space. A smart farm monitoring framework was also proposed to derive optimal growing conditions in conjunction with the underground environmental monitoring system established in this study. Future work will focus on selecting cultivation methods suitable for underground environments and deriving optimal growing conditions through the operation of actual underground smart farm units, based on long-term monitoring results from the system constructed in this study.

Keywords
Underground
Environment
Smart farm
Monitoring
Conceptual design

본 연구에서는 지하 유휴공간의 환경 특성을 활용하여 지하 스마트팜을 구현하기 위한 개념설계를 실시하였다. 이를 위하여 지하 스마트팜과 관련된 해외 연구동향을 분석하여, 향후 지하 스마트팜의 운영 최적화를 위해 필요한 모니터링 항목들을 도출하였다. 도출된 모니터링 항목들에 기반하여 지하공간 환경 특성을 모니터링하기 위한 시스템을 설계하고 제작하여 주방식 광산 내부의 유휴공간에 설치하였다. 초기 데이터들을 분석한 결과, 온도, 대기압, 이산화탄소 농도, 일산화탄소 농도 등에 있어서는 본 연구에서 고려한 세 가지 재배 방식의 운영 조건을 만족하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 습도와 분진에 대해서는 추가적인 대책이 필요할 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로, 테스트 공간에 적용할 모듈형 지하 스마트팜 유닛을 설계하였다. 이때, 본 연구에서 구축한 지하 환경 모니터링 시스템과 연계하여 최적의 생육 환경을 도출하기 위한 스마트팜 모니터링 체계를 함께 제안하였다. 향후에는 본 연구에서 구축한 모니터링 시스템에 의한 장기 모니터링 결과를 바탕으로, 지하 환경에 적합한 재배 방식의 선정과 실제 지하 스마트팜 유닛의 운영을 통한 최적의 생육 환경을 도출할 계획이다.

키워드
지하
환경
스마트팜
모니터링
개념설계
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  • Publisher :Korean Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국암반공학회
  • Journal Title :Tunnel and Underground Space
  • Journal Title(Ko) :터널과 지하공간
  • Volume : 35
  • No :6
  • Pages :760-779
  • Received Date : 2025-10-31
  • Revised Date : 2025-11-06
  • Accepted Date : 2025-11-11
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2025.35.6.760
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