Development of Automatic Mixing Process for Fertigation System in Rock Melon Cultivation
| Autor: | M. S. Zainal Abidin, Musa Mohd Mokji, Salinda Buyamin, Muhammad Khairie Idham Abd Rahman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Fertigation Nutrient solution General Computer Science business.industry Melon Process (computing) Greenhouse 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 01 natural sciences Arduino 040103 agronomy & agriculture Controller (irrigation) 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science Electrical and Electronic Engineering Process engineering business Mixing (physics) 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE). 8:1913 |
| ISSN: | 2088-8708 |
| DOI: | 10.11591/ijece.v8i3.pp1913-1919 |
| Popis: | This work proposed an automatic mixing system of nutrient solution for rock melon fertigation according to the required electrical conductivity (EC) level. Compared to the manual practice, this automatic system will ensure continuous supply of mixed nutrient solution without the need to daily check and mix new nutrient. Thus, this easy to use and low cost automatic system will reduce the burden of the farmers. This system uses an EC sensor to automatically check the concentration level of the mixed nutrient solution. Other than that, the system only consists of electronic pumps for mixing process and an Arduino board as the controller. The controller will monitor the EC level and run the mixing process when the EC level is below the required level. By calibrating the EC sensors, the test shows that the automatic mixing system is able to accurately keep the mixed nutrient solution concentration in a 400 L mixing reservoir at several required levels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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