Design and Deployment of Low-Cost Sensors for Monitoring the Water Quality and Fish Behavior in Aquaculture Tanks during the Feeding Process
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Aquaculture Feeding process Water quality Physical sensors Wireless sensor network
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2018-03-01Referencia bibliográfica
Parra, L. [et al.]. Design and Deployment of Low-Cost Sensors for Monitoring the Water Quality and Fish Behavior in Aquaculture Tanks during the Feeding Process. Sensors 2018, 18, 750.
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This work has been partially supported by the “Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte”, through the “Ayudas para contratos predoctorales de Formación del Profesorado Universitario FPU (Convocatoria 2014)”. Grant number FPU14/02953. The research leading to these results has received funding from “la Caixa” Foundation and Triptolemos Foundation.Resumen
The monitoring of farming processes can optimize the use of resources and improve its
sustainability and profitability. In fish farms, the water quality, tank environment, and fish behavior
must be monitored. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a promising option to perform this
monitoring. Nevertheless, its high cost is slowing the expansion of its use. In this paper, we propose
a set of sensors for monitoring the water quality and fish behavior in aquaculture tanks during the
feeding process. The WSN is based on physical sensors, composed of simple electronic components.
The system proposed can monitor water quality parameters, tank status, the feed falling and fish
swimming depth and velocity. In addition, the system includes a smart algorithm to reduce the
energy waste when sending the information from the node to the database. The system is composed
of three nodes in each tank that send the information though the local area network to a database on
the Internet and a smart algorithm that detects abnormal values and sends alarms when they happen.
All the sensors are designed, calibrated, and deployed to ensure its suitability. The greatest efforts
have been accomplished with the fish presence sensor. The total cost of the sensors and nodes for the
proposed system is less than 90 .