VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Jnana Sangama, Belagavi -590014

TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON
‘’ IOT CONTROLLED AQUAPONICS
SYSTEM’’
 Presented By

MAHESHWAR

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Prof. Satish
ASSISTANT PROFSSOR
Dept. Of ECE

Department of Electronics and communication Engineering

East West College of Engineering
Yelahanka, Bengaluru -560064.
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE REVIEW

BASIC BLOCK DIAGRAM

METHODOLOGY

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

ADVANTAGES&DISADVANTAGES

REFERENCE
ABSTRACT
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Aquaponics framework is a cooperative blend of aquaculture and hydroponics that encourage
soil-less plant development by using the profoundly improved of fish or other oceanic creatures
that contains all the supplement required for ideal plant development in an incorporated domain.

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Aquaponics is considered as a standout amongst other cultivating strategies,

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since the misuse of one living biological system is utilized to profit another common environment
to accomplish a brilliant and maintainable cycle in natural cultivating with two surges of pay,
fishes and vegetables.

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The information will be contrasted and an ideal scope of the particular parameters.

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In this aquaponics observing framework. with the utilization of IoT the webserver persistently
shows the estimations of the parameters and data.
 INTRODUCTION
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Aquaponics is the incorporation of recycling aquaculture and hydroponics in one creation
framework.
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In an aquaponic system, water from the fish tank spins through channels, plant develop beds and
afterward back to the fish. .

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The water at that point gives supplements to the plant and refines before coming back to the aquarium.

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This framework can decrease water utilization contrasted with conventional cultivating.

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Aquaponics is a mix of aquaculture and hydroponic (soil-less plant culture) plant development
strategies.

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Aquaponic gardening uses 90% less water than soil-based because the water is re-circulated and only
that which the plant take up

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Aquaponic gardening results in two crops for one input(fish feed)
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the supplement rich water that outcomes from raising fish gives a wellspring of supplements (Urea)
for the nitrogen- expending microscopic organisms.

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which assists with cleaning the water where the fish live in by separating these mixes into nitrates.

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Water utilization is lower and plant thickness is normally in any event twice that of soil-based
techniques.

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The framework requires day by day and periodical cleaning.

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There will be have to isolate fish solids. Plumbing can stop up and cause framework disappointment. .

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The volume of water inside the framework is insignificant, hence it is more hazardous than pontoon
frameworks.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
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January 2011 gives an overview of the aquaponics industry and provides a history of aquaponics by
identifying the primary branches of aquaponics.
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The majority of the literature on aquaponics covers the mechanical, chemical, and biological aspects
of aquaponics system production and consumption levels for fish, vegetables.
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Agricultural technology is growing rapidly in urban areas. One solution that can be implemented by
the community is to develop an agricultural system with limited land availability, commonly called
urban farming or urban agriculture.
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One of agricultural techniques used in urban farming is hydroponics [1]. ].
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Hydroponics is one of the most possible options for agriculture even without extensive agricultural
land [2].
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According to [3], the significant decline in agricultural land and the rapid development of hydroponic
system technologies, such as Nutrient Film Technique (NFT), have posed great challenges to farmers.
HYDROPONICS
 The term hydroponics comes from Greek. Hydro means water and ponous means
work.
 The hydroponic system is designed in the form of hydroponic farming management
that can monitor water temperature.
 Hydroponics is a method of planting without using soil as media [4];
 it uses a medium of water mixed with a mineral nutrient solution [5].
 The plant roots grow in the nutrient solution [6].
 The advantage of hydro-ponic farming method is that it does not require soil with a
large area for agriculture.
 It also accurately and automatically transmits the data of temperature, humidity,
light intensity, water level and pH in real time using Arduino Mega 328 and controls
the parameters remotely using IoT technology.
BASIC BLOCK DIAGRAM
Monitoring part

16X2 LCD

Driver Relay Fan

Temperature Unit
Sensor
Driver Relay Bulb
Microcontroller
Humidity Unit Unit
Sensor
Driver Relay LED
Moisture Unit
Sensor

PH Sensor Driver Relay Stepper

Unit Motor

Light Sensor Wi-Fi

Module
Receiving part

Cloud Storage
PC with
Internet
METHODOLOGY
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This framework comprises of PIC 16F877A microcontroller, temperature sensor
LM35, pH sensor, LDR and transfers that goes about as a switch in controlling
the tasks. .
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The temperature sensor continues detecting the water temperature and the pH
sensor is utilized to distinguish the pH of the water to keep up a manageable
domain for fish and plants to live in.
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when the temperature sensor recognizes the estimation of the range above 35oC,
the microcontroller will control the temperature by turning on the cooling fan
through the transfer.
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if the sensor identifies the incentive underneath 35oC, the microcontroller will
turn on the warmth source (here 40W bulb).
 Grow light LEDs can replace the spectrum of sunlight so plants can
photosynthesize well.
 Relative humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor contained
in the air which is usually expressed as a percentage of moisture.
 Humidity and temperature are very important environmental elements
and must be controlled for ideal plant growth.
 A humidity sensor measures and reports both moisture and air
temperature.
 Water pump is used to supply enough water to the plant by using fish
tank water.
 REQUIRED HARDWARE
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PIC Microcontroller
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16X2 LCD module
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Temperature Sensor
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Moisture Sensor
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Humidity Sensor
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LDR
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PH Sensor
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ULN2003
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Relay
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Wi-Fi Module
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Stepper motor
REQUIRED SOFTWARE

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MPLAB IDE
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CCS Compiler
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Embedded C
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Java
 ADVANTAGES
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Water Reuse.
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Space and Production Efficiency.
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Biosecurity.
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Efficient use of water and nutrients.
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Aquaponic farms are ecologically sustainable.
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Aquaponic farms are more efficient than other forms of fish forming.

DISADVANTAGES
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High initial cost.
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Constant Monitoring of water parameters.
REFERENCES
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fuzzy logic control for NFT-based hydroponic system on Internet of Things
environment, Proc. of the 6th International Conference on System Engineering and
Technology (ICSET), pp.153-159, 2016.
2. N. N. Cometti, D.M. Bremenkamp, K. Galon, L. R. Hell and M.F. Zanotelli, Cooling and
con- centration of nutrient solution in hydroponic lettuce crop, Hortic. Bras., vol.31,
no.2, pp.287-292, 2013.
3. P. N. Crisnapati, I. N. K. Wardana, I. K. A. A. Aryanto and A. Hermawan, Hommons:
Hydroponic management and monitoring system for an IOT based NFT farm using web
technology, The 5th Int. Conf. Cyber IT Serv. Manag. (CITSM 2017), 2017.
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