AU2020102249A4 - WATER CONSUMPTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION BASED ON IoT - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a water consumption control system based on loT (Internet of
Things) which includes placing a plurality of sensor hubs in predetermined locations in a
farm, each hub including a moisture content data acquisition system and an humidity
data collection system; and monitoring key elements in the growing of plants from a
plurality of sensor hubs including humidity, temp, soil moisture, and elements that
influence plant growth. The invention further comprises an operation application layer, a
data gathering layer and an analysis control layer, wherein the operation application
layer is used for a water consumption device, data from multiple sensors are transmitted
to the data gathering layer through the IoT; the data gathering layer gathers the data
transmitted from the operation application layer, and the data are uploaded to the
analysis control layer; and the analysis control layer analyzes and processes the data
and corresponding operation processing is given.
Based on the accumulated data from the multiple sensors, the processor analyses them
to determine the region of interest wherein the moisture and humidity content is below
the pre-determined threshold for activating the corresponding relay and irrigation motor
to supply water of required quantity to the thriving plants.
Description
WATER CONSUMPTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION BASED ON loT
The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed: Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a kind of Intelligent irrigation system, in general and particularly relates to an Internet of Things smart water conservation in any irrigational process based upon seasonal temperature and humidity variations and geographic locations.
Background and prior art of the Invention
Many regions of the country lack sufficient water resources to satisfy all of their competing agricultural, urban, commercial and environmental needs. The country's water plan update published by the Department of Water Resources estimated that approximately 121.1 million acre feet (maf) of water is needed to satisfy the annual water needs of the country. Of this amount, approximately forty-six percent is required for environmental purposes, forty-three percent for agricultural purposes, and eleven percent (approximately 13.3 maf) for usage in urban areas. The Bulletin further estimated that the country suffers a shortage of 1.6 maf during normal years, and 5.1 maf in drought years. These shortages are expected to increase steadily through the year 2020 due to expected significant increases in the water resources consumption.
Such water shortages have forced many corporations and municipalities to enact strict water conservation measures. For its part, the agricultural industry has responded to this shortage by resorting to drip, micro and other low-volume irrigation systems. Urban communities have imposed strict irrigation schedules, and required the installation of water meters and auditors to enforce those schedules. Commercial and environmental users have enacted similar measures. However, there is no consensus among these various consumers as to the most effective water conservation method or automated control system.
A study has indicated that most farmers typically adjust their irrigation schedule only two to five times per year, rather than on a daily or weekly basis, regardless of changes in environmental conditions. The relatively high cost of labour in many regions further prohibits frequent manual adjustments of irrigation procedures. This generally results in over-irrigation and runoff, particularly during the off-seasons, often times by as much as one to two hundred percent. Furthermore, in many regions that limit irrigation to certain days or intervals, the common practice is to over-water during the permitted watering periods in order to "carry over" until the next watering period. However, this practice is counter-productive, in that severe over-irrigation results in increased water run-off and evaporation.
Soil moisture sensing devices and other methods of water conservation, have been available for decades, but have enjoyed only limited success. Such devices and methods generally call for inserting moisture sensors into the soil to measure the soil moisture content. Newer soil moisture sensing technologies have more recently been developed, and claim to be theoretically accurate in measuring plant water needs. However, regardless of the level of technology, such devices and methods are often problematic due to the location and number of sensors necessary to obtain accurate soil moisture readings, the high costs of installing and maintaining the sensors, and the integrity and reliability of the sensors' data.
The problem of irrigation mismanagement, and the main hurdle faced by these farmers can be rectified once a system is properly designed, most of the wasted landscape irrigation water and runoff caused by not adjusting for daily, periodic, or seasonal changes can be monitored and taken care by an automatic loT system of the present invention.
Summary of the Invention
The invention provides a water consumption control system based on loT (Internet of Things) which includes placing a plurality of sensor hubs in predetermined locations in a farm, each hub including a moisture content data acquisition system and an humidity data collection system; and monitoring key elements in the growing of plants from a plurality of sensor hubs including humidity, temp, soil moisture, and elements that influence plant growth. The invention further comprises an operation application layer, a data gathering layer and an analysis control layer, wherein the operation application layer is used for a water consumption device, data from multiple sensors are transmitted to the data gathering layer through the IoT; the data gathering layer gathers the data transmitted from the operation application layer, and the data are uploaded to the analysis control layer; and the analysis control layer analyzes and processes the data and corresponding operation processing is given.
Based on the accumulated data from the multiple sensors, the processor analyses them to determine the region of interest wherein the moisture and humidity content is below the pre-determined threshold for activating the corresponding relay and irrigation motor to supply water of required quantity to the thriving plants.
Object of the Invention
In one aspect, an Internet-of-Thing (loT) system improves farming by monitoring predetermined elements in the region of the growing plants. The system collects data from multiple sensor hubs which include a meteorological data acquisition system and an environmental data collection system. The system also monitors elements such as humidity, temp, soil moisture, etc that influence plant growth and that which exploit water.
In another aspect, an Internet-of-Thing (loT) method for improving farming includes creating a GUI for the farmers to interact with the administrators for determining the status of the motors and the soil data in the fields.
In final aspect, an loT system comprises a processor for analysing the data from the multiple sensors and correspondingly activating the concerned relay and motor to supply the requisite water to the region of interest without wasting the resources.
Statement of the Invention
1) An Internet-of-Thing (loT) enabled method for improving farming and conserving the water usage comprising placing a plurality of sensor hubs in predetermined locations in a farm, each hub including a meteorological data acquisition system and an environmental data collection system; and monitoring key elements in the region of interest from a plurality of sensor hubs including humidity, temp, soil moisture and elements that influence plant growth and that determines the usage of the water quantity.
2) An Internet-of-Thing (loT) enabled method for improving farming and conserving the water usage comprises i) Multiple sensor hubs for positioning at pre-determined locations to periodically sense the data such as soil moisture, humidity, temperature and other factors that affect the plant growth. ii) A processor that receives the data from the sensor hubs for analysing the soil quality, determining the plant requirements and correspondingly activating the subsequent systems. iii) A relay in communication to the processor to be activated upon the instructions.
iv) A motor for supplying water to the region of interest upon being activated by the relay. v) A GUI for the end users to interact with the administrators in determining the ground factors.
Detailed description of the invention
The computer systems and related technology permits farming businesses to program the farming equipment to carry out farming operations almost entirely under automated control of software programs that can automatically activate and deactivate the machines, and even particular sections, row units, nozzles or blades on the implement at precisely the right time and place in order to optimize inputs such as seed, pesticide and fertilizer, and thereby achieve greater yields.
Also, the system is able to control irrigation (start and stop pumps, open and close valves, etc.) for those farms where such facilities are available. There is also means (for example GUI) for the system to communicate with the farmer or other human. This capability allows the farmer to obtain reports on the system's operation, to manually override the system's activities (for example, to inhibit irrigation in a field where harvesting is planned); and for those farms where automatic control of pumps or valves is unavailable, to advise the farmer of recommended irrigation schedules.
The sensor hub comprises a self-contained unit which is placed in the field, and operates to telemeter data indicative of the moisture level in the soil in the vicinity of the active region of the crop roots at that portion of the field where the station is located.
The sensor hub is designed so that it can be easily installed in the field, and easily removed, so as to facilitate harvesting and field preparation. The sensor hub has a lower portion incorporating or carrying the moisture sensitive elements of the soil sensors. Optionally, the moisture sensor elements can be mounted separate from support.
The soil sensor, such as tensiometer elements, are placed in proximity with the active areas of the plant roots as by implanting the lower portion underground, i.e. below ground level. (Sensors other than tensiometers are usable). Note tapered lower portion of that hub is easily forced into the earth. Markers on the hub indicate depth of soil penetration. The units may be placed along rows of planted crops, and the construction described above allows the sensors to take up a minimum of space along the rows, with minimum interference with farm operations.
Alternatively, the soil sensors can be placed, separately or in common, on support shafts and connected to the remainder of the unit by wires or other means. This allows separation among the soil sensor elements. The sensors are located at the lower ends of plastic pipes filled with sand to assure continued contact between the sensor tips and the surrounding soil.
The invention comprises a typical pump control and relay station. Its purpose is to allow the remote processor to command the relays and corresponding motors/pumps to start or stop; and to allow data concerning the pump's operation to be transmitted to the remote processor.
Transmitted commands from the remote processor are received and stored by a memory. Depending on the particular command, the processor can either control the motor; or it can collect data about the motor's operation. If the command is to control the motor, then processor enables a relay, which turns the power to the motor on or off as appropriate. Various parameters concerning the operation of the motor are encoded and stored. Such parameters include, but are not limited to power consumption, flow, current consumption, pumping depth and status of hand operated controls. In addition, means may be provided by which a person at the motor site can communicate with the computer and influence control.
The wireless system for monitoring environmental, soil, or climate conditions and controlling irrigation control systems at a plurality of agricultural or landscape sites, comprises a wireless sensor network, at each of the plurality of sites, the wireless sensor network comprising a plurality of nodes for performing at least one of monitoring environmental, soil, or climate conditions and controlling one or more irrigation control systems at the site; and a server computer system located remotely from the plurality of sites, said server computer system coupled to each wireless sensor network over a communications network for receiving data from and controlling operation of the nodes, said server computer system also selectively coupled to a plurality of devices each operated by one of a plurality of end-users over a communications network for transmitting the data to and receiving remote control commands or queries from the plurality of end-users wherein the data transmitted to a given end-user corresponds to the site for which the given end-user has authorization; at least one gateway, at a location of each of the plurality of sites, for transferring the data between the plurality of nodes and the server computer system wherein the server computer system transfers an irrigation schedule to at least one node of each of the plurality of sites for storage at and execution by the at least one node of each of the plurality of sites and wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes at each of the plurality of sites is coupled to a sensor, the sensor configured to take measurements of environmental, soil, or climate parameters and finally wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes at each of the plurality of sites is configured to compare the measurements against at least one user entered control condition, and control the one or more irrigation control systems accordingly, wherein the at least one user-entered control condition is defined at the server computer system by the end-user using a respective device and is transferred from the server computer system to the node and stored in an internal memory of the node.
Claims (2)
1) An Internet-of-Thing (loT) enabled method for improving farming and conserving the water usage comprising placing a plurality of sensor hubs in predetermined locations in a farm, each hub including a meteorological data acquisition system and an environmental data collection system; and monitoring key elements in the region of interest from a plurality of sensor hubs including humidity, temp, soil moisture and elements that influence plant growth and that determines the usage of the water quantity.
2) An Internet-of-Thing (loT) enabled method for improving farming and conserving the water usage comprises
i) Multiple sensor hubs for positioning at pre-determined locations to periodically sense the data such as soil moisture, humidity, temperature and other factors that affect the plant growth.
ii) A processor that receives the data from the sensor hubs for analysing the soil quality, determining the plant requirements and correspondingly activating the subsequent systems.
iii) A relay in communication to the processor to be activated upon the instructions.
iv) A motor for supplying water to the region of interest upon being activated by the relay.
v) A GUI for the end users to interact with the administrators in determining the ground factors.
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