Overview
Small poultry farms rely on evaporative cooling systems to control temperature and airflow inside their houses, so a fan malfunction can quickly become a serious animal welfare risk. This project built a smart notification system that uses infrared sensors to monitor the cooling fans in real time. When a fan failure is detected, the system automatically alerts the farm operator through three channels: a phone call, an SMS message, and a LINE application notification. The system was installed and field-tested at a poultry farm in the Chiang Mai area.
Authors
Watcharin Sarachai, Parot Ratnapinda, Pitchayanida Khumwichai
Publication
Presented at the 2019 Joint International Conference on Digital Arts, Media and Technology with ECTI Northern Section Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering (ECTI DAMT-NCON), published by IEEE.
An example of an infrared-based sensor module, representative of the sensing hardware used to detect fan malfunctions in this project.