In view of the limitations of current aquaculture equipment such as low level of mechanization and automation, limited working scope of aerators and low adaptability of feeding machines, a new intelligent aquaculture equipment based on real-time water quality parameters monitoring is designed and researched in this paper. The equipment hardware is powered by solar energy and AC power, and it monitors water quality parameters by sensors in real time. The mobile solar aerator uses ultrasonic ranging to avoid obstacles, and in this way, it can walk randomly and expand the working scope. The smart solar-energy feeder uses weighing sensors for weighing feed, realizing precise quantitative feeding. The equipment software supports personal computers, mobile phones and other platform clients, realizing many functions such as real-time water quality parameters checking, remote aerating, remote feeding, and remote intelligent controlling. The pond application tests show that the equipment has higher reliability in water parameters monitoring and an instance messaging packet loss rate of lower than 0.2%; while guaranteeing the aerating capacity, it has an aerating area that is 10% larger than that of traditional aerators; besides, it can realize precise quantitative feeding in good water environment. The research shows that the application of this equipment would promote the development of intelligentization and automation in aquatic equipment, and the realization of energy saving and environmental protection.
SHENG Ping1
,
WANG Ying jie1
,
NI Dong wei2
. Design of intelligent aquaculture equipment based on real-time water quality monitoring[J]. Fishery Modernization, 2017
, 44(1)
: 1
-5
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DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-9580.2017.01.001