13TSB_ACT: SaturnSense Hydrofeed: In-line sensing of the full composition of nutrients for precision management of hydroponic farming

该项目将提供一种新型在线传感技术的原型，用于智能实时管理集约化水培、气培和水培农业中的营养成分。来自加工部门的新种植协议和批量生产技术的出现，将这种方法定位在英国园艺和异国水果生产的最前沿，既减少了英国对进口此类产品的要求，又为品类经理提供了灵活的生产设施，以满足不断变化的消费者偏好。该业务主张利用新兴材料和传感器工程，提供了一个成本合理的在线单元，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。通过将其与光管理集成，在监控数据采集和控制系统（SCADA）中，可以通过优化输入和最小化能源来实现100%的产品质量保证。

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.