Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Semenyih 43500, Malaysia.
Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, No. 1, Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
Bioresour Technol. 2022 Feb;346:126558. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126558. Epub 2021 Dec 11.
This research work aims to fabricate an optimized up-scaled photobioreactor and extraction tank which incorporates the Internet of Things (IoT) for remote monitoring of selected parameters without being present in the lab as the industry is gradually moving towards the direction of remote operation. Several design factors were considered where modelling using ANSYS was carried out before the finalised design is drawn using AutoCAD. To monitor critical parameters that include liquid level, temperature, and pH condition during the operation of the tanks, water-proof sensors are implemented with the aid of Arduino NodeMCU board and the sensors are linked with Blynk, a smartphone application that allows remote monitoring via Wi-Fi connection. The sensors' results obtained using the Blynk application show high accuracy as compared with manual data except for photobioreactor liquid level. This shows that IoT and remote monitoring can be integrated successfully.
本研究旨在制造一个优化的放大光生物反应器和提取罐，该反应器和提取罐集成了物联网（IoT），可在不在实验室的情况下远程监控选定的参数，因为该行业正逐渐朝着远程操作的方向发展。考虑了几个设计因素，使用 ANSYS 进行建模，然后使用 AutoCAD 绘制最终设计。为了监控罐操作过程中的关键参数，包括液位、温度和 pH 值，使用 Arduino NodeMCU 板实现了防水传感器，并且将传感器与 Blynk 智能手机应用程序连接，该应用程序允许通过 Wi-Fi 连接进行远程监控。与手动数据相比，Blynk 应用程序获得的传感器结果显示出很高的准确性，除了光生物反应器液位。这表明物联网和远程监控可以成功集成。
