KR20200080364A - Apparatus for managing livestock animal manure based on iot - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an IOT-based apparatus for treating livestock excretions, which comprises: a drug storage unit for storing at least one drug which helps to decompose organic matters or activate aerobic microorganisms while stirring in an agitator; a control unit for adjusting a supply amount of the drug stored in the drug storage unit according to the type of excretions to be treated and manure to be produced by the agitator and supplying the drug to the agitator; a sensor unit which includes at least one sensor and a camera, and detects an operation state of the drug storage unit and the agitator, and the state of the drug and transmits those states to the control unit; and a communication unit which transmits information on the state of the drug in the drug storage unit and the operation state of the agitator identified by the control unit to at least one designated communication device.

Description

IOT-based livestock manure processing equipment {APPARATUS FOR MANAGING LIVESTOCK ANIMAL MANURE BASED ON IOT}

The present invention relates to an IOT-based livestock manure processing device, and more specifically, by improving the income of farm households and environmentally friendly manure treatment by composting livestock manure or food waste generated from livestock farms, IoT (Internet of Things) ) It is related to the IOT-based livestock manure processing system that enables the system to monitor the livestock manure processing device from a remote location by grafting the system.

In general, small and medium-sized livestock farming households account for more than 80% of domestic farming farms, and these farms are stored in manures and commissioned by a manure collection company to be treated as resources and marine dumping, but since 197012, marine dumping of all wastes has been done. Is banned by law, and it is supposed to be recycled as a resource.

With the recognition that these manure can be used as an energy source as well as a fertilizer resource by converting the concept of waste into a resource from existing wastes, improvements in regional resource recycling facilities and development purification treatment facilities are being implemented.

However, there is a problem in that it is impossible to use a small-scale compost product that can be used in small and medium-sized livestock farms in Korea. Accordingly, it is necessary to develop a livestock manure processing device that is easy to use with the addition of the Internet of Things (IoT) function.

Background art of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-11701865 (17012.11.09. registration, livestock manure integrated management system and method).

According to an aspect of the present invention, the present invention was created to solve the above problems, and by composting livestock manure or food waste generated from livestock farming, it is possible to improve farm household income and to treat environment-friendly manure, The aim is to provide an IOT-based livestock manure processing device that enables monitoring of a livestock manure processing device from a remote location by grafting an IoT system.

IOT-based livestock manure processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, a medicine storage unit for storing at least one or more chemicals to help decompose organic substances or activate aerobic microorganisms while stirring in a stirrer; A control unit for supplying the stirrer by adjusting the supply amount of the medicine stored in the medicine storage unit according to the type of manure or compost to be processed by the stirrer; A sensor unit which includes at least one sensor and a camera, detects an operation state of the medicine storage unit and the stirrer, and a state of the medicine and transmits it to the control unit; And a communication unit configured to transmit information on the state of the medicines of the medicine storage unit and the operation status of the agitator identified by the control unit to at least one designated communication device.

In the present invention, the data obtained through the sensor unit and the camera unit are accumulated and stored in chronological order, and the remote control signals received from the communication device are accumulated and stored in chronological order, and are processed by the control unit according to the remote control signal. Accumulated storage in chronological order, and also receives and stores environmental information data around the agitator received from the sensor unit or the camera unit through the communication unit and the control unit, and the state of the drug in the medicine storage unit and the internal state of the agitator. It characterized in that it further comprises a storage unit.

In the present invention, the communication unit receives a remote control signal for controlling the operation of the medicine storage unit and the stirrer from the at least one communication device, and transmits it to the control unit, whereby the control unit controls the remote control signal. Based on the control of the operation of the drug storage unit and the stirrer, the control unit, in response to the type of manure stored in the stirrer to adjust the proportion of the drug to be supplied to the stirrer from the drug storage unit, and also from the stirrer It is characterized by adjusting the proportion of the drugs to be supplied to the stirrer in the drug storage unit for the type of compost to be produced.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the present invention enables farm household income improvement and eco-friendly manure treatment by composting livestock manure or food waste generated from livestock farms, and grafting IoT systems to livestock even at remote locations through a smart phone. Make it possible to monitor the manure treatment system.

1 is an exemplary view showing a schematic configuration of an IOT-based livestock manure processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exemplary view for explaining the IOT-based animal manure processing method according to Figure 1 above.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the IOT-based livestock manure processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this process, the thickness of the lines or the size of components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to a user or operator's intention or practice. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

1 is an exemplary view showing a schematic configuration of an IOT-based livestock manure processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the IOT-based livestock manure processing apparatus according to this embodiment, the sensor unit 110, the camera unit 120, the drug storage unit 130, the control unit 140, the communication unit 150 , A data storage unit 160, and a stirrer 170.

The medicine storage unit 130 stores at least one medicine (or sample) that helps to decompose organic substances or activate aerobic microorganisms while stirring in the stirrer 170. At least one drug (or sample) stored in the drug storage unit 130 helps to generate compost.

The medicine stored in the medicine storage unit 130 may be supplied to the stirrer 170 through a designated pump (not shown) under the control of the control unit 140. At this time, the control unit 140 may control the driving (or rotational speed) of the pump (not shown). For example, the pump (not shown) is connected to a motor (not shown) to control the rotational speed of the motor (not shown) to control the supply amount of the drug supplied from the drug storage unit 130 to the stirrer 170. have.

At this time, the medicine stored in the medicine storage unit 130 may include oxygen (liquid oxygen). The liquid oxygen may serve to promote activation of aerobic microorganisms.

The control unit 140 may include an inverter (not shown) for controlling the motor (not shown), and the inverter may adjust the frequency by a power method, a switching method, and a control method.

For example, the power source method includes a voltage source inverter and a current source inverter, and the switching method uses a PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation) control to control the DC voltage, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) method. There is a control, and the method according to the control method may include V/F control, sleep frequency control, and vector control.

At least one or more drugs (or samples) stored in the drug storage unit 130 may be controlled in amounts of drugs (or samples) input to the stirrer 170 under the control of the control unit 140.

The amount of medicine supplied from the medicine storage unit 130 may be controlled by a solenoid valve.

The control unit 140 may monitor the amount of at least one drug stored (or remaining) in the drug storage unit 130.

The sensor unit 110 includes a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a concentration sensor, and a gas sensor (eg, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane gas, sulfite gas, oxygen, ozone, water sulfide, etc.).

Accordingly, the control unit 140 may grasp the type and state (eg, normal, abnormal, concentration, remaining amount, etc.) of the drug in the drug storage unit 130 through the sensor unit 110.

In addition, the control unit 140 may grasp a stirring state, a fermentation state, a heating state, and an organic matter decomposition state in the stirrer 170 through the sensor unit 110 and the camera unit 120.

The communication unit 150 may communicate with at least one communication device (for example, a server, a mobile communication terminal, a computer, a smart phone, a smart pad, etc.) through a wired or wireless communication method. The communication unit 150 transmits information about the state of the drug storage unit 130 and the state of the stirrer 170, which the control unit 140 grasps, to the communication device.

Also, the communication unit 150 controls the operation of the medicine storage unit 130 and the stirrer 170 from the at least one communication device (for example, a server, a mobile communication terminal, a computer, a smart phone, and a smart pad). For this, a remote control signal may be received and transmitted to the control unit 140. Accordingly, the control unit 140 may control the operation of the medicine storage unit 130 and the stirrer 170 based on the remote control signal.

The control unit 140 may adjust the proportion of the medicine to be supplied to the stirrer 170 from the medicine storage unit 130 in response to the type of manure stored in the stirrer 170. Of course, the stirrer 170 may adjust the proportion of the drug to be supplied to the stirrer 170 from the drug storage unit 130 in order to generate the desired type of compost (ie, compost containing more specific nutritional components).

The camera unit 120 is installed at a predetermined interval inside the barn, and the sensor unit 110 is at least one sensor for acquiring environmental information data of the barn, and the acquired environmental information data is transmitted to at least one communication device. Can.

The communication unit 150 may include a signal amplification unit, a noise filter unit, and an ADC amplification unit that converts an analog signal to digital.

The data storage unit 160 accumulates and stores data acquired through the sensor unit 110 and the camera unit 120 in chronological order. In addition, the data storage unit 160 accumulates and stores the remote control signals received from the communication device in chronological order. In addition, the data storage unit 160 accumulates and stores the results (eg, operation, status, etc.) processed by the control unit 140 in chronological order according to the remote control signal.

Meanwhile, information data sensed through the sensor unit 110 is amplified and transmitted to the control unit 140, and noise is filtered from the amplified sensing information data.

The communication unit 150 may include at least one communication module (not shown) capable of performing wireless communication through WAN, Ethernet, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, mobile communication (eg, LTE, GSM, etc.).

Meanwhile, the communication module may be networked with a virtual private network (VPN).

According to the present invention, a signal having low signal noise can be selected and calculated by selecting and transmitting a priority communication signal and a next priority communication signal from two or more trigger signals measured by the sensor unit 110. It can be obtained, and data can be output in real time from a remote management server and a mobile communication terminal.

The data storage unit 160 includes environmental information data of the house received from the sensor unit 110 or the camera unit 120 through the communication unit 150 and the control unit 140, and the medicine storage unit 130. The state of the medicine and the state of the stirrer 170 are received and stored, and the stored information is transmitted to at least one communication device through the communication unit 150.

At this time, the control unit 140 continuously maintains the state of the drug storage unit 130 according to a predetermined algorithm, and similarly continuously maintains the state of the stirrer 170. In this process, the user who remotely monitors takes action when an error or alarm condition is received, and if a special accident or abnormality does not occur, the control unit 140 according to the designated algorithm, the medicine storage unit 130 and the stirrer 170 It manages the operation.

In addition, in order to accurately supply the sample solution according to the type of livestock, the data storage unit includes the chemical supply amount and reference concentration value for each livestock type, and the amount of chemical supply and hourly stirring time according to the type of manure to be processed and the type of compost to be produced. It is stored in the database form in advance in (160), it is possible to supply individual drugs according to the type of livestock manure.

On the other hand, when environmental information data is received from the sensor unit 110 and the camera unit 120, a certain environment is determined according to the result of comparing and comparing the reference state information data stored in the data storage unit 160 and the environmental information data. Until the condition is reached, that is, based on the environmental data sensed by the sensor unit 110 and the camera unit 120, the reference state information data and the environmental information data stored in the data storage unit 160 According to the result of the comparison operation, a control signal for dropping the drug is output until the concentration value previously stored in the data storage 160 is reached.

Meanwhile, to output a control signal until the predetermined environmental condition is reached, a reference concentration value of a drug is stored in the data storage 160, and the stored reference concentration value is fetched, so that the reference concentration value and real-time concentration Compare the difference in values and output a control signal to make the difference smaller, or the number of daily injections of medicines and the amount of injection of medicines are stored in the data storage unit 160, and the daily injection of medicines A control signal for inputting a chemical solution may be output by drawing the number of times and a single dose of the drug and comparing it with the real-time concentration value.

The control unit 140 processes input/output data obtained in the process of performing the process, data sensed by the sensor unit 110, drug data stored in the drug storage unit 130, and operation state data of the stirrer 170.

When the status information of the house is received from the sensor unit 110 and the camera unit 120, the control unit 140 compares the reference status information stored in the data storage unit 160 to compare the drug storage unit ( 130) by adjusting the supply amount of any one of the drugs stored in the stirrer 170.

Meanwhile, among the at least one communication device, a server receives image information photographed from the camera 120 and analyzes the appearance and the internal state of the stirrer 170 to analyze not only the operating state, but also the state in which compost is generated, and the stirrer. Analyze the state, etc., which operate for stirring.

At this time, the server may be connected to an external upper network to remotely control at least one IOT-based livestock manure processing device.

In addition, among the communication devices, the mobile communication terminal is the real-time information provided by the server and the status information of the medicine storage unit 130 and the stirrer 170 collected in real time through the sensor unit 110 and the camera unit 120. Through the process data, it is confirmed whether there is an abnormality between the medicine storage unit 130 and the stirrer 170, and a remote control signal is transmitted to the server.

The camera 120 is installed to photograph the external and internal conditions of the medicine storage unit 130 and the stirrer 170, and the server receives and stores an image from the camera 120 and stores the data. After determining the fermentation status, compost generation status, drug status, etc. with reference to the information stored in (160), the determination result is transmitted to the server or computer of the relevant mobile communication terminal (for example, a smart phone) and the related institution.

The present invention collects environmental information data and image data such as temperature, humidity, and harmful gases monitored in real time through a sensor network and status information of the agitator 170 and the chemical storage unit 130 in real time and analyzed on a server. Then, it is provided through the Internet or wide area networks (WAN) and mobile communication.

Figure 2 is an exemplary view for explaining the IOT-based livestock manure processing method according to Figure 1 above.

As shown in Figure 2, as a device for treating livestock manure (or food) that is generated in a livestock farm, all organic waste can be treated, and when the organic waste is put in a stirrer and air is introduced and stirred, Existing aerobic microorganisms are optimally activated and activated by eco-friendly compost to be used as resources.

In addition, the device according to the present embodiment activates microorganisms contained in organic substances in a shortest period of time through air supply, agitation, and exhaust, and discharges spaces inside the fermenter so that stable fermentation is maintained. It is applied in layers.

In addition, the device according to the present embodiment is optimized to be suitable for small and medium-sized livestock farms, and can be developed in a small size, thereby contributing to the farm's profit through economical space utilization and cost.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, but this is only exemplary, and those skilled in the art to which the art pertains may have various modifications and other equivalent embodiments. You will understand the point. Therefore, the technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the claims below.

110: sensor unit 120: camera unit
130: drug storage unit 140: control unit
150: communication unit 160: data storage unit
170: stirrer

Claims (3)

A medicine storage unit for storing at least one medicine that helps to decompose organic substances or activate aerobic microorganisms while stirring in a stirrer;
A control unit for supplying the stirrer by adjusting the supply amount of the medicine stored in the medicine storage unit according to the type of manure or compost to be processed in the stirrer;
A sensor unit which includes at least one sensor and a camera, and detects an operation state of the medicine storage unit and the stirrer, and a state of the medicine and transmits it to the control unit; And
IOT-based livestock manure processing apparatus characterized in that it comprises a; communication unit for transmitting the information on the state of the medicine and the operating state of the stirrer of the medicine storage unit identified by the control unit, at least one communication device.
According to claim 1,
Accumulated storage of data acquired through the sensor unit and camera unit in chronological order, and cumulative storage of remote control signals received from the communication device in chronological order, and cumulative storage of results processed by the control unit according to the remote control signals And also, the data storage unit for receiving and storing the environmental information data around the stirrer received through the communication unit and the control unit from the sensor unit or the camera unit, the state of the drug in the drug storage unit, the internal state of the stirrer; IOT-based animal manure processing apparatus comprising a.
According to claim 1,
The communication unit receives a remote control signal for controlling the operation of the medicine storage unit and the stirrer from the at least one communication device, and transmits the remote control signal to the control unit, whereby the control unit based on the remote control signal To control the operation of the storage unit and the stirrer,
The control unit controls the proportion of the medicine to be supplied to the stirrer from the medicine storage unit in response to the type of manure stored in the stirrer, and also adds to the stirrer from the medicine storage unit for composting the kind to be produced by the stirrer. IOT-based livestock manure processing apparatus characterized by controlling the proportion of the drugs to be supplied.

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