SaturnSense Hydrofeed: In-line sensing of the full composition of nutrients for precision management of hydroponic farming

该项目将提供新型在线传感技术的原型，用于集约化水培、气培和水培农业中营养成分的智能实时管理。新的增长协议和批量生产技术的出现，从加工部门，定位在英国园艺和异国情调的水果生产的最前沿，既减少了英国的要求，进口此类产品，并提供类别经理灵活的生产设施，以满足不断变化的消费者的喜好这种方法。该业务主张利用新兴材料和传感器工程提供适当成本的在线单元，首次能够监测和闭环控制单个主要营养素，特别是N，P，K，S和Ca。通过在监控数据采集和控制系统（SCADA）中将其与光管理相结合，可以实现100%的产品质量保证，并优化输入和最小化能源。

The project will deliver the prototype of a new in-line sensing technology for smart real-time management of the nutrient composition within intensive hydroponic, aeroponic and aquaponic farming. The emergence of new growing protocols and batch production techniques, from the process sector, have positioned this approach at the forefront of UK horticultural and exotic fruits production, both reducing the UK’s requirement to import such produce and offering category managers a flexible production facility to meet changing consumer preferences. This business proposition exploits emerging materials and sensor engineering to deliver an appropriately costed in-line unit capable, for the first time, of monitoring & closed-loop control of the individual major nutrients, notably N, P, K, S & Ca. By integrating this with light management, within a supervisory data-acquisition & control system (SCADA), 100% QA of produce may be achieved with optimised inputs and minimised energy.