Automated insect farming installation

1 . A method for promoting a bioconversion of insects in an insect farming installation, said insect farming installation comprising a module comprising continuous profiled containers made of a thermally conductive material having a thermal conductivity of at least 10 W m −1 K −1 , the continuous profiled containers being vertically superimposed to one another, said method comprising:

filling the containers with substrate containing seeded larvae such that an age difference of the larvae contained in the substrates respectively filling two consecutive containers is maximized.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the continuous profiled containers are filled such that one continuous profiled container filled with substrate containing younger larvae is located directly above one continuous profiled container filled with substrate containing older larvae.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the filling of two consecutive continuous profiled containers is performed by:

filling a first continuous profiled container with substrate containing seeded larvae;

leaving a second continuous profiled container empty, said second continuous profiled container being located above the and being consecutive to said first continuous profiled container; and

after a chosen time, filing said second continuous profiled container with substrate containing seeded larvae, said chosen time corresponding to a time needed by the larvae to become mature larvae.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the farming installation further comprises a climate control system comprising an air injection subsystem, said air injection subsystem comprising a pair of incoming air outputs injecting air towards the continuous profiled containers, each incoming air outputs of said pair of incoming air outputs facing each other such that the injection subsystem injects air according to a turbulent flow.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the air injection subsystem comprises one pair of incoming air outputs per continuous profiled container, each pair of incoming air outputs being configured to inject air on the substrate contained in the corresponding continuous profiled container according to the turbulent flow.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the air injection subsystem comprises a plurality of pairs of incoming air outputs per continuous profiled container, each pair being disposed equidistantly from one another according to a longitudinal direction of said continuous profiled container.

7 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the climate control system further comprises an air extraction subsystem comprising at least one air extraction entry adapted to extract the air injected by the air injection subsystem from the farming installation.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the air extraction subsystem comprises a plurality of air extraction entries per continuous profiled containers, said air extraction entries being adapted to extract the air injected by the air injection subsystem, an air extraction entry being placed between each pair of incoming air outputs per continuous profiled container.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the air injection subsystem is configured to inject air pumped from outside the farming installation, wherein the extracted air is warmer than the injected air and wherein the air extraction subsystem heats the air pumped by the air injection subsystem with the extracted air, before injecting said heated air pumped by the air injection subsystem.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the extracted air is recycled and injected in the air injection subsystem.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the farming installation further comprises a mobile workstation,

said mobile workstation comprising a displacement system, said mobile workstation moving above the continuous profiled containers by mechanical cooperation with a guiding system of said automated insect farming installation, and

said mobile workstation comprising an active system performing an action on the substrate, said action promoting a growth of the larvae contained in the substrate.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the active system comprises at least one plough ploughing the substrate.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the ploughing is performed according to a static schedule and/or according to a dynamic schedule, said dynamic schedule being dynamically adjusted according to a data-driven system.

14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a length of each container is equal or above 10 meters.