Open AccessSupervisory System For Monitoring, Control And Estimating Thermal Comfort For Broiler and Laying Hens Production Sheds
Author(s) -
Mário Mollo Neto,
Mariana Matulovic,
Paulo Sérgio Barbosa dos Santos
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss3.2232
Subject(s) - firmware , microcontroller , production (economics) , environmental science , productivity , humidity , automotive engineering , computer science , control (management) , heat stress , ventilation (architecture) , embedded system , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer hardware , meteorology , physics , artificial intelligence , economics , macroeconomics , atmospheric sciences , geology
This research aims to promote the project for the construction of software, firmware, and micro-controlled hardware, which together allow the automatic control of the temperature and humidity index (THI) in real-time the intensive production environment in poultry and laying hens production houses, thus avoiding productive losses due to the stress to which the birds are subjected. This system aims, from the information from a set of sensors, connected to a microcontroller acquisition and control board, to infer the temperature and humidity index from the measured climatic variables, to enable the corresponding activation of electronic interfaces with electric actuators, for the automatic activation of ventilation devices, humidification and curtain actuation and the lighting of production houses, keeping the environmental conditions of the house within a convenient range of temperature and relative humidity to ensure thermal comfort and thus avoiding bird stress. Thus, helping to mitigate production losses and facilitating managers real-time monitoring of the shed to achieve greater productivity and competitiveness.