KR20240027203A - Aquaponics system with automated monitoring of growth of cultivated plants - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an aquaponics system with automated monitoring of cultivated plant growth, and more specifically, to an intelligent aquaponics production management service platform (Paas: Platform-as-a-) for deriving the optimal growth environment and predicting quantitative production. service), which provides a data server and user interface for analyzing growth data of cultivated plants grown in aquaponics and deriving growth optimization conditions using a network structure and machine learning techniques that can link aquaponics in remote locations. A fish aquaculture department that is compatible with water and a cultivation area capable of cultivating plants at the top of the fish aquaculture tank, including a fish aquaculture tank in which fish can live; Cultivation areas where plant cultivation is possible are provided in each section, and as the cultivated plants are grown, the water supplied by the fish farming department to the cultivation areas where plant cultivation is possible is supplied to the fish. a plant cultivation department supplying to the aquaculture department; a monitoring unit that monitors the plant cultivation unit through a real-time imaging unit and a plant cultivation environment sensor; and a cultivation environment control unit that automatically controls the conditions of the plant cultivation environment of the fish farming department and the plant cultivation department, based on the plant cultivation information monitored by the monitoring department.

Description

Aquaponics system with automated monitoring of growth of cultivated plants}

The present invention relates to an aquaponics system with automated monitoring of cultivated plant growth, and more specifically, to an intelligent aquaponics production management service platform (Paas: Platform-as-a-) for deriving the optimal growth environment and predicting quantitative production. service), which provides a data server and user interface to analyze growth data of cultivated plants grown in aquaponics and derive growth optimization conditions using a network structure that can link aquaponics in remote locations and machine learning techniques. This is about an aquaponics system with automated monitoring.

In general, AQUAPONICS is an eco-friendly cultivation and aquaculture method that combines HYDROPONICS, a representative eco-friendly cultivation method related to plant cultivation, and freshwater fish farming (AQUACULTURE).

The basic principle that allows HYDROPONICS and freshwater fish farming to proceed simultaneously is that nitrate, the main nutrient required for HYDROPONICS, is produced, and the nitrate is dissolved in water and used for hydroponic cultivation. The water purified through HYDROPONICS crops is supplied back to the freshwater fish farming (AQUACULTURE) tank, creating a circular structure.

However, in most hydroponic growers using conventional aquaponics systems, hydroponic growth environment conditions such as temperature control and humidity control depend on information detected from basic sensors, and plant cultivation is performed according to the built-in manual. There is a problem of not being able to respond to the environment immediately. Therefore, it is difficult to automatically control the sensor conditions in response to changes in the cultivation environment or to identify the types of plants that can be grown in the corresponding cultivation environment, and there is a problem of not meeting the wide range of usage expectations due to low usability. there is.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2330939 (2021.11.22.) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2400496 (2022.05.17.) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2144282 (2020.08.07.)

The present invention takes these problems into account, and the present invention divides the hydroponic cultivation tank at the top of aquaponics into sections and monitors the growth status of cultivated plants and the growth environment of cultivated plants in real time for each section to provide an optimal water tank environment. The goal is to provide an aquaponics system with automated plant growth monitoring that derives sensor conditions and automatically controls all sections of the hydroponic cultivation tank to have the optimal tank environmental sensor conditions.

The aquaponics system in which cultivated plant growth monitoring is automated according to embodiments of the present invention includes a fish culture tank in which fish can live, a cultivation area capable of cultivating plants at the top of the fish culture tank, and Department of Fish Aquaculture with compatible water; Cultivation areas capable of cultivating the plants are provided for each section, and as the plants are grown using water supplied from the fish farming department to the cultivation areas capable of cultivating the plants in each section, water purified by the plants is supplied. a plant cultivation department supplying the fish farming department; a monitoring unit that monitors the plant cultivation unit through a real-time imaging unit and a plant cultivation environment sensor; And a cultivation environment control unit that automatically controls the conditions of the plant cultivation environment of the fish farming department and the plant cultivation department based on the plant cultivation information monitored by the monitoring unit.

In embodiments of the present invention, the plant cultivation unit includes a cultivation area in which plants can be cultivated divided into sections, and the cultivation area in which plants can be cultivated includes: a plant support supporting a single variety or multiple varieties of plants; and a plant water channel unit located at the lower end of the plant support unit and including a water channel that supplies water containing nitrate from the fish culture unit to the single variety or multiple varieties of cultivated plants.

In embodiments of the present invention, the monitoring unit may include an imaging device that monitors in real time the growth and environment of cultivated plants in a cultivation area where the plants can be cultivated for each section; and the plant cultivation environmental sensor capable of sensing environmental conditions of a cultivation area in which the plant cultivation is possible for each section.

In embodiments of the present invention, the plant cultivation environmental sensor is an LED irradiation sensor that senses the irradiation amount of the LED of the plant cultivation unit, air, and so on, so as to sense the hydroponic cultivation environmental conditions of the cultivation area where the plant cultivation is possible for each section. An air temperature sensor that senses temperature, a humidity sensor that senses humidity, and a wind sensor that senses wind strength; And a water temperature sensor that senses the temperature of water supplied from the fish farming department to the plant cultivation department.

In embodiments of the present invention, the cultivation environment control unit includes a superdominance derivation unit that analyzes growth video images of the cultivated plants in each section captured in real time by the photographing unit to derive superdominant species of the cultivated plants in each section; Optimal environmental condition information (air temperature, humidity, wind strength, LED amount, water temperature) of the cultivation area where the plant can be cultivated for each section where the super-dominant species of the cultivated plant can grow, sensed through the plant cultivation environmental sensor ) includes an optimal sensing information derivation unit that derives.

In embodiments of the present invention, the superdominance deriving unit extracts color information data of the cultivated plant from the growth video image data of the cultivated plant in each section captured through the section-specific RGB-depth camera included in the photographing unit. a cultivated plant distribution area derivation unit that calculates and derives the distribution area of cultivated plants; It includes a cultivated plant volume calculation unit that performs 3D preprocessing on the growth video image of the cultivated plant for each section, derives the volume of the cultivated plant from the 3D image of the cultivated plant for each section, and analyzes the growth degree of the cultivated plant.

In embodiments of the present invention, the superdominance deriving unit includes distribution area data of the cultivated plant derived from the plant cultivated distribution area deriving unit through a computer vision algorithm; and distribution area data of the cultivated plant derived from the plant cultivated volume calculation unit. It further includes a super-dominant variety derivation unit that derives a super-dominant variety by taking volume data as input and determining the growth degree of the variety of cultivated plants planted in each section.

In embodiments of the present invention, the cultivation environment control unit provides environmental condition information of optimal air, temperature, wind intensity, LED amount, and water temperature in a cultivation area capable of cultivating plants for each section derived from the optimal sensing information derivation unit. It further includes an environmental condition optimization unit that inputs the input to the central environmental control algorithm of the cultivation area where plant cultivation is possible and optimizes the system to automatically set the same conditions.

In embodiments of the present invention, the fish culture section is connected to the plant cultivation section, and water containing nitrate produced through a combination of excretions and secretions of cultured fish and aquatic bacteria in the fish culture section is used for the plant cultivation. It further includes a water channel that supplies water to the unit at a constant concentration.

In embodiments of the present invention, the waterway receives feedback information derived from the cultivation environment control unit and provides water so that the nitrate concentration contained in the water supplied from the fish farming unit to the plant cultivation unit is maintained constant. It includes a nitrate concentration control unit that optimizes temperature by controlling the temperature.

According to the aquaponics system with automated monitoring of cultivated plant growth as described above, the following effects are achieved.

First, it is possible to provide a high-quality vegetable quantity prediction supply system that is independent of environmental pollution and climate change.

Second, it is possible to secure an algorithm for deriving the optimal growth environment through big data.

Third, it is possible to secure a yield prediction algorithm for cultivated crops through multiple data analysis.

Fourth, easy data acquisition is possible through the provision of a unique aquaponics-specific sensor transmitter.

Fifth, it is easy to save energy by applying an efficient management system for LED light sources.

Sixth, through the Paas (Platform as a service) system, which will be developed independently without restrictions on region, time, and space, applications can be developed, executed, and maintained without complexity in creating and maintaining an aquaponics system infrastructure capable of monitoring the growth of cultivated plants. It can be managed.

1 is a configuration diagram of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the plant cultivation unit 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a configuration diagram of the monitoring unit 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a configuration diagram of the cultivation environment unit 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a configuration diagram of the superdominant deriving unit 40a according to an embodiment of the present invention.

With reference to the attached drawings, an aquaponics system in which cultivation plant growth monitoring is automated according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. Since the present invention can make various changes and take various forms, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the text. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific disclosed form, and should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention. While describing each drawing, similar reference numerals are used for similar components. In the attached drawings, the dimensions of the structures are enlarged from the actual size for clarity of the present invention, or reduced from the actual size to understand the schematic configuration.

Additionally, terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, a first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component without departing from the scope of the present invention. Meanwhile, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as generally understood by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense. No.

The present invention relates to an aquaponics system with automated monitoring of cultivated plant growth, and more specifically, to an intelligent aquaponics production management service platform (Paas: Platform-as-a-) for deriving the optimal growth environment and predicting quantitative production. service), which provides a data server and user interface to analyze growth data of cultivated plants grown in aquaponics and derive growth optimization conditions using a network structure that can link aquaponics in remote locations and machine learning techniques. This is about an aquaponics system with automated monitoring.

Figure 1 is a configuration diagram of the present invention, and Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the present invention.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the aquaponics system with automated plant growth monitoring includes a fish farming department (10), a plant cultivation department (20), a monitoring department (30), and a cultivation environment department (40). The fish farming unit 10 includes a fish farming tank in which fish can live, and water is compatible with a cultivation area where plants can be grown at the top of the fish farming tank. Here, nitrate is produced in the fish farming unit through a combination of excrement and secretions of farmed fish and bacteria in the water, and the nitrate is dissolved in water contained in the fish tank of the fish farming unit. The plant cultivation unit 20 is equipped with cultivation areas in which the plants can be cultivated for each section, and as the plants are grown, the water supplied from the fish farming unit 10 to the cultivation areas in which the plants can be cultivated is used for each section. Water purified by the cultivated plants is supplied to the fish farming unit. The monitoring unit 30 monitors the plant cultivation unit through a real-time imaging unit and a plant cultivation environment sensor, and the cultivation environment control unit 40 monitors the fish farming unit based on the plant cultivation information monitored by the monitoring unit 30. The conditions of the plant cultivation environment of (10) and the plant cultivation department (20) are automatically controlled.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the plant cultivation unit 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the plant cultivation unit 20 includes a plant support unit 20a and a plant water channel unit 20b. The plant support 20a has a cultivation area where the plants can be cultivated divided into sections, and the cultivation area where the plants can be cultivated supports a single variety or multiple varieties of plants, and the plant water channel portion 20b is a plant support ( It is located at the bottom of 20a) and includes a water channel through which water containing nitrate is supplied from the fish farming unit 10 to the single or multiple varieties of cultivated plants. To explain in more detail, the plant waterway unit 20b is connected to the fish farming unit 10 and the waterway, and the fish farming unit 10 produces water through a combination of excretions and secretions from cultured fish and aquatic bacteria. It further includes a plurality of water channels connecting the fish farming unit 10 and the plant cultivation unit 20 so that water containing nitrate can be supplied at a constant concentration to the plant waterway unit 20b of the plant cultivation unit 20. do.

To explain in more detail, the plurality of waterways include a first waterway through which water containing nitrate discharged from the fish farming unit 10 moves; a second water tank connected to the first water conduit to receive water containing nitrate and gradually diluting the concentration of the water containing nitrate based on a biofilter; a second water channel through which the water discharged from the second water tank moves to the plant water channel unit (20b); a third tank containing untreated water (raw water) to remove bacteria and contaminants; a third waterway through which untreated water (raw water) moves to remove the bacteria and contaminants; It is connected to the first waterway and the third waterway, and receives untreated (raw water) from the third waterway to remove the bacteria and contaminants, and water containing nitrates flows through the first waterway. It is diluted thinly and includes a fourth water tank. In particular, the plurality of water channels include a nitrate concentration controller, and the nitrate concentration controller receives feedback information derived from the cultivation environment control unit 40, and controls the plants of the plant cultivation unit 20 in the fish farming unit 10. In order to maintain a constant optimal temperature of the water supplied to the water conduit unit 20b, the temperature of the water is controlled so that the nitrate concentration is maintained constant. Here, the feedback information includes the temperature (optimized temperature) information of the water supplied to the plant waterway unit 20b for each section in the environment of the plant cultivation unit 10 where the super-dominant cultivated plants are grown derived from the cultivation environment control unit 40. It includes information on changes in water temperature supplied to the plant water channel unit 20b, which is sensed in real time.

Figure 4 is a configuration diagram of the monitoring unit 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the monitoring unit 30 includes an imaging device 30a and a plant cultivation environment sensor 30b. The imaging device 30a monitors the growth and environment of the plants in the cultivation area where the plants can be cultivated in real time for each section, and the plant cultivation environment sensor 30b senses the environmental conditions of the cultivation area where the plants can be cultivated for each section. To explain in more detail, the plant cultivation environmental sensor is an LED irradiation sensor that senses the irradiation amount of the LED of the plant cultivation unit 20, and air to sense the hydroponic cultivation environmental conditions of the cultivation area where the plant cultivation is possible for each section. An air temperature sensor that senses temperature, a humidity sensor that senses humidity, and a wind sensor that senses wind strength; and a water temperature sensor that senses the temperature of water supplied from the fish farming unit 10 to the plant waterway unit 20b for each section included in the plant cultivation unit 20.

Figure 5 is a configuration diagram of the cultivation environment unit 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the cultivation environment control unit 40 includes a superdominance derivation unit 40a, an optimal sensing information derivation unit 40b, and an environmental condition optimization unit 40c. The superdominant derivation unit 40a analyzes the growth video images of the cultivated plants in each section captured in real time by the photographing unit to derive the superdominant species of the cultivated plants in each section, and the optimal sensing information derivation unit 40b analyzes the growth video images of the cultivated plants in each section, and the optimal sensing information derivation unit 40b The optimal environment of the cultivation area in which the plant can be cultivated for each section in which the super-dominant species of the cultivated plant can grow, sensed through the LED irradiation sensor, the air temperature sensor, the humidity sensor, and the wind sensor, which are cultivation environment sensors. Derive condition information (air temperature, humidity, wind strength, amount of LED, water temperature). In addition, the environmental condition optimization unit 40c receives environmental condition information such as optimal air, temperature, wind intensity, LED amount, and water temperature for each section derived from the optimal sensing information derivation unit 40b. It is input into the central environment control algorithm of the cultivation area where plant cultivation is possible and is optimized to automatically set the same conditions.

Figure 6 is a configuration diagram of the superdominant deriving unit 40a according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the super-dominant derivation unit 40a includes a cultivated plant distribution area derivation unit 40aa, a cultivated plant volume calculation unit 40ab, and a super-dominant variety derivation unit 40ac.

The cultivated plant distribution area derivation unit 40aa extracts the color information data of the cultivated plant from the growth video image data of the cultivated plant in each section captured through the RGB-depth camera for each section included in the photographing unit. It is derived by calculating the distribution area of, and the cultivated plant volume calculation unit 40ab performs 3D preprocessing on the growth video image of the cultivated plant in each section, and derives the volume of the cultivated plant from the 3D image of the cultivated plant in each section. Analyze the growth level of plants. The super dominant variety derivation unit 40ac includes distribution area data of the cultivated plant derived from the cultivated plant distribution area derivation unit 40aa using a computer vision algorithm; and volume data of the cultivated plant derived from the cultivated plant volume calculation unit 40ab. With ; as input, superdominant varieties are derived by determining the growth degree of the cultivated plant varieties planted in each section.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the computer vision-based algorithm extracts color and volume information of crops using the 2D and 3D cameras, and then derives measurement information about the growth level of crops through this. First, RGB (RGB) 2D) Set a region of interest (ROI) through a camera-depth (3D) camera. The area of interest consists of a crop area and a soil area, and image segmentation is performed to extract the crop area from the area of interest. The image segmentation can be performed using color information from an RGB camera (2D) image or depth information from a depth-camera (3D) image.

In other words, to explain in more detail, the difference between the color of the crop and the soil in the RGB camera (2D) image is used, or the difference in depth values between the crop and soil area in the depth-camera (3D) image is used. Image segmentation can be performed using . Here, image segmentation is performed using color information, taking into account that not only the height of the crop seedlings is relatively small but also the depth value of the soil area is not uniform. In the case of image segmentation using color information, various methods such as the Grab Cut algorithm can be used. However, considering that the color of the crops is generally uniform and mostly green, image segmentation is performed using the green component of the RGB (2D) camera image. Perform. Afterwards, the depth-camera (3D) image image segmentation mask The crop volume is the sum of the pixel values whose value is 1, as shown in the formula below. Extract .

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Afterwards, to determine the growth level of the crop, the integrated growth value is extracted using area information and volume information to determine the growth level of the crop using the integrated growth value, and periodically within a certain period to determine the crop's growth level. and measure the volume. During the crop growth process, total Average crop area by measuring crop area and volume and average volume Calculate the integrated growth value at the time of measurement as shown in the equation below is calculated as the weighted sum of the area and volume of the crop.

remind Here, the integrated growth value reflects gradual changes in the area and volume of the crop during the crop's growth process, and the growth level of the crop can be determined using the integrated growth value. Accordingly, in calculating the volume of the cultivated plant, the depth value of the depth camera decreases as the crop grows because the depth camera and the flower pot are respectively placed at the top and middle of the profile used for crop cultivation. Taking this into account, the volume of the cultivated plant is is as follows: Soil area within area of interest the area of When the average depth of the soil area is above And therefore, the volume of the cultivated plant is above am.

Therefore, the present invention divides the hydroponic cultivation tank at the top of aquaponics into sections, monitors the growth status of cultivated plants and the growth environment of cultivated plants in real time for each section, thereby deriving the optimal aquarium environmental condition sensor conditions and hydroponic cultivation. It provides an aquaponics system with automated plant growth monitoring that automatically controls all sections of the cultivation tank to ensure optimal tank environmental sensor conditions, and has the following effects. First, it is possible to provide a high-quality vegetable quantity prediction supply system that is independent of environmental pollution and climate change. Second, it is possible to secure an algorithm for deriving the optimal growth environment through big data. Third, it is possible to secure a yield prediction algorithm for cultivated crops through multiple data analysis. Fourth, easy data acquisition is possible through the provision of a unique aquaponics-specific sensor transmitter. Fifth, it is easy to save energy by applying an efficient management system for LED light sources. Sixth, through the Paas (Platform as a service) system, which will be developed independently without restrictions on region, time, and space, applications can be developed, executed, and maintained without complexity in creating and maintaining an aquaponics system infrastructure capable of monitoring the growth of cultivated plants. It can be managed.

Although the detailed description of the present invention described above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art or those skilled in the art will understand the spirit of the present invention as described in the patent claims to be described later. It will be understood that the present invention can be modified and changed in various ways without departing from the technical scope.

10: Fish Farming Department 20: Plant Cultivation Department
30: monitoring unit 30a: imaging device
30b: Environmental sensor 40: Cultivation environment department
40a: Super-dominant derivation unit 40b: Optimal sensing information derivation unit
40c: Environmental conditions optimization unit 40aa: Cultivated plant distribution area derivation unit
40ab: Cultivated plant volume calculation unit 40ac: Super dominant variety derivation unit

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Including a fish culture tank where fish can live inside,
A fish culture unit compatible with water and a cultivation area capable of cultivating plants at the top of the fish culture tank;
Cultivation areas where the above plants can be grown are provided in each section,
A plant cultivation unit that supplies water purified by the cultivated plants to the fish farming unit as the cultivated plants are grown by water supplied from the fish farming unit to a cultivation area capable of cultivating the plants in each section;
a monitoring unit that monitors the plant cultivation unit through a real-time imaging unit and a plant cultivation environment sensor; and
Based on the plant cultivation information monitored by the monitoring department,
An aquaponics system with automated cultivation plant growth monitoring, including a cultivation environment control unit that automatically controls the conditions of the plant cultivation environment of the fish culture unit and the plant cultivation unit. According to paragraph 1,
The plant cultivation department,
The cultivation areas where the above plants can be cultivated are classified into sections,
The cultivation area where plants can be cultivated includes a plant support supporting a single variety or multiple varieties of cultivated plants; and
Located at the bottom of the plant support,
An aquaponics system with automated monitoring of cultivated plant growth, comprising a plant waterway unit that receives water containing nitrate from the fish culture unit to the single or multiple varieties of cultivated plants. According to paragraph 1,
The monitoring unit,
An imaging device for real-time monitoring of the growth and environment of cultivated plants in a cultivation area where the plants can be cultivated for each section; and
An aquaponics system with automated cultivation plant growth monitoring, comprising: a plant cultivation environmental sensor capable of sensing environmental conditions of a cultivation area in which the plant cultivation is possible for each section. According to paragraph 3,
The plant cultivation environmental sensor is,
To be able to sense the hydroponic cultivation environmental conditions of the cultivation area where the above plant cultivation is possible for each section,
An LED irradiation sensor that senses the irradiation amount of the LED of the plant cultivation unit, an air temperature sensor that senses the air temperature, a humidity sensor that senses humidity, and a wind sensor that senses the intensity of the wind; and
An aquaponics system with automated monitoring of cultivated plant growth, comprising a water temperature sensor that senses the temperature of water supplied from the fish farming unit to the plant cultivation unit. According to paragraph 1,
The cultivation environment control department,
A superdominance derivation unit that analyzes the growth video images of the cultivated plants in each section captured in real time by the imaging unit to derive the superdominant species of the cultivated plants in each section; and
Sensed through the plant cultivation environmental sensor,
An optimal sensing information deriving unit that derives optimal environmental condition information (air temperature, humidity, wind strength, LED amount, water temperature) of a cultivation area where the plant can be cultivated for each section where the super-dominant species of the cultivated plant can grow; An aquaponics system with automated monitoring of cultivated plant growth, comprising: According to clause 5,
The super-dominant derivation part,
Through the section-specific RGB-depth camera included in the photographing unit,
a cultivated plant distribution area derivation unit that extracts color information data of the cultivated plant from the captured growth video image data of the cultivated plant for each section and calculates and derives the distribution area of the cultivated plant;
By 3D pre-processing the growth video images of the cultivated plants in each section,
An aquaponics system with automated monitoring of cultivated plant growth, comprising: a cultivated plant volume calculation unit that derives the volume of the cultivated plant from the three-dimensional image of the cultivated plant for each section and analyzes the growth degree of the cultivated plant. According to clause 6,
The super-dominant derivation part,
As input to the computer vision algorithm, the distribution area data of the cultivated plant derived from the plant distribution area derivation unit and the volume data of the cultivated plant derived from the plant volume calculation unit,
An aquaponics system with automated cultivation plant growth monitoring, further comprising a super-dominant variety derivation unit that derives super-dominant varieties by determining the growth degree of the cultivated plant varieties planted in each section. According to clause 5,
The cultivation environment control department,
Information on environmental conditions such as optimal air, temperature, wind intensity, amount of LED, and water temperature in the cultivation area where plant cultivation is possible for each section derived from the optimal sensing information derivation unit,
An aquaponics system with automated cultivation plant growth monitoring, characterized in that it further comprises an environmental condition optimization unit that inputs input to the central environment control algorithm of the cultivation area in which the plants can be cultivated and optimizes the settings to automatically set the same conditions. According to paragraph 1,
Connecting the fish farming department and the plant cultivation department,
Cultivated plant growth monitoring, characterized in that it further comprises a water channel through which water containing nitrate produced through the combination of excrement and secretions of cultured fish and aquatic bacteria in the fish culture department is supplied to the plant cultivation department at a constant concentration. Automated aquaponics system. According to clause 9,
The waterway is,
Upon receiving feedback information derived from the cultivation environment control unit,
Aquaphor with automated cultivation plant growth monitoring, comprising a nitrate concentration controller that optimizes the temperature of the water so that the nitrate concentration contained in the water supplied from the fish culture department to the plant cultivation department is maintained constant. Knicks system.

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