Smart Micro Farm: Sustainable Algae Spirulina Growth Monitoring System
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The applications of Internet of Things (IoT) have been growing rapidly, in recent years, within numerous fields of study. One such field is the study of Spirulina Algae, which has been an interest to many food technology researchers for many decades. Spirulina Algae is known as one of the best sources of protein, antioxidants, vitamins, and other nutrients. It is often used as the main ingredient in dietary supplements. To produce the best Spirulina Algae, it has to be grown in an alkaline water media with a stable water temperature of around 86° F, controlled intensity of ultra-violet, regulated water turbidity, as well as maintained supply of Oxygen, Nitrogen, and CO2. IoT has become an inevitable choice of technology application for improving high grade food source, assuring food safety, and standardizing the forms of cultivated Spirulina Algae. It uses a microcontroller, such as Arduino, and sensors to create a real-time monitoring system via the internet to monitor water temperature, ultraviolet intensity, and water turbidity. This paper presents an intelligent IoT System, a smart micro farm IoT system to monitor these data. The data collected can also benefit other researchers who wish to observe the life pattern of Spirulina Algae in the given environment. This paper describes the hardware and software components where the system was deployed.
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Large-scale cultivation of genetically modified microalgae will cause damage to the current ecological environment and increase the risk of horizontal gene transfer through transgenic algae to other organisms due to the accumulation of the food chain.
“Another study has demonstrated that the large-scale cultivation of genetically modified microalgae will cause damage to the current ecological environment and increase the risk of horizontal gene transfer through transgenic algae to other organisms in the environment due to the accumulation of the food chain [147].”
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- Authors
- Ariawan, E., & Stanley Makalew, A.
- Affiliations
- Universitas Prasetiya Mulya (ID)
- Venue
- 2018 10th International Conference on Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (ICITEE)
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2018-07
- Pages
- 587-591
- OpenAlex
- W2900894357
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 4.74
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Arduino and IoT Applications
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems
- Keywords
- Internet of Things, micro-farms, real-time monitoring, water temperature monitoring, ultraviolet intensity, water turbidity, Arduino, food safety
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