Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
Vol 11, No 1: February 2022

Smart irrigation system with photovoltaic supply

Elia Erwani Hassan (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
Leong Lek Chung (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
Mohamad Fani Sulaima (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
Nazrulazhar Bahaman (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)
Aida Fazliana Abdul Kadir (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Feb 2022

Abstract

Maximizing crop yielding is an extensive problem faced by the population in a country. The main issue comes from the farmer who still implemented the conventional method of irrigation that required human actions, especially for water pump operation. As an alternative, the automatic solution becomes a demand with the internet of things (IoT) support system to overcome the agriculture scenario. Meanwhile, multiple sensors controlled by the ESP32 microcontroller are also used to measure the crucial parameters that influenced the living conditions of crops and are called input parameters. Meanwhile, the implementation of a fuzzy logic controller is to control the timing of water volume based on the inputs data obtained through the sensors' responses. Solar energy is the main supply because of the zero-cost expense and environmentally friendly energy generation. In large, this research developed the smart irrigation system (SIS) with photovoltaic (PV) panels as a supply to sustain the energy required for empowering the entire process. As a result, the SIS is found as a successful system in controlling the best suitable time of water irrigation. The soil evaporation contents obtained from the experiment were also close to actual accurate data reference for Melaka state to verify the solution.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

EEI

Publisher

Subject

Electrical & Electronics Engineering

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Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (Buletin Teknik Elektro dan Informatika) ISSN: 2089-3191, e-ISSN: 2302-9285 is open to submission from scholars and experts in the wide areas of electrical, electronics, instrumentation, control, telecommunication and computer engineering from the ...