This document describes an intelligent irrigation scheduling system using a low-cost wireless sensor network. The system aims to improve crop yields and reduce water usage compared to traditional irrigation methods. It incorporates measurements of crop water stress index (CWSI) and soil moisture content to adaptively schedule irrigation. In experiments, the proposed system decreased water usage by 59.61% and energy consumption by 67.35% while increasing crop yields by 22.58%, demonstrating its effectiveness for precision irrigation and efficient water and energy use.
Microcontroller-based Control and Data Acquisition System for a Grid-connecte...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
There has been a significant increase in the exploitation of renewable energy systems. To be
able to efficiently utilize grid - connected renewable energy sources, there must be a reliable control and
monitoring system. In building a control and monitoring system for this system, a power analyzer
connected to a microcontroller was used. The microcontroller was linked to touchscreen display where a
graphical user interface (GUI) was programmed to able to display and log the data recovered. Relays were
used to reconfigure the system by shifting the load’s source of energy between the grid and renewable
energy system. The energy generated by the renewable energy system may be delivered to the load or be
fed to the grid as needed. This operation will be done through either an external device or through a
computer which was built to manually operate the control system and view the status of the system as
determined by parameters such as cost and energy consumption. This system provided residential
buildings with their own renewable energy system with a simple yet reliable control and monitoring system.
The system was able to accumulate accurate and real time data. It also provided a continuous supply and
switching application simultaneously
IRJET- Indian Water Pollution Monitoring and Forecasting for Anomaly with...IRJET Journal
This document describes a proposed system to monitor and forecast water pollution in India using wireless sensor networks and machine learning techniques. Sensors would collect data on various water quality parameters like pH, nitrates, fecal coliform, biochemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, and temperature from multiple locations. The data would be analyzed using machine learning algorithms to predict future pollution levels and identify anomalies. The system aims to reduce pollution by providing advanced monitoring and early warnings. Redundant sensor nodes and failure detection would ensure the system's reliability.
IRJET- Estimation of Water Level Variations in Dams Based on Rainfall Dat...IRJET Journal
This document presents a study that uses an artificial neural network (ANN) to estimate water level variations in dams based on rainfall data. Specifically, it develops ANN models to forecast daily water levels for the Sukhi Reservoir project in India. The study collects water level, inflow, and release data over many years to train ANN models. It compares the performance of different ANN architectures - cascade, Elman, and feedforward backpropagation networks. The results show that the feedforward backpropagation network achieves the best performance with low errors and high correlation between predicted and actual water levels. The ANN models provide an effective method for timely water level forecasting to aid water management and disaster control.
Review on microcontroller based monitoring system for agricultureIRJET Journal
This document describes a microcontroller-based monitoring system for agriculture. It consists of sensors to measure soil moisture, temperature, and humidity. The sensor readings are sent to a microcontroller and displayed on an LCD. They are also transmitted wirelessly to a computer. If the soil moisture exceeds a threshold, the computer will activate a relay to turn on a water pump, thereby automatically irrigating the field. The system aims to remotely monitor environmental conditions and automate irrigation to improve crop yields in a low-cost and simple way.
Implementation of Integration VaaMSN and SEMAR for Wide Coverage Air Quality ...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
The current air quality monitoring system cannot cover a large area, not real-time and has not
implemented big data analysis technology with high accuracy. The purpose of an integration Mobile
Sensor Network and Internet of Things system is to build air quality monitoring system that able to monitor
in wide coverage. This system consists of Vehicle as a Mobile Sensors Network (VaaMSN) as edge
computing and Smart Environment Monitoring and Analytic in Real-time (SEMAR) cloud computing.
VaaMSN is a package of air quality sensor, GPS, 4G Wi-Fi modem and single board computing. SEMAR
cloud computing has a time-series database for real-time visualization, Big Data environment and analytics
use the Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Decision Tree (DT) algorithm. The output from the system
are maps, table, and graph visualization. The evaluation obtained from the experimental results shows that
the accuracy of both algorithms reaches more than 90%. However, Mean Square Error (MSE) value of
SVM algorithm about 0.03076293, but DT algorithm has 10x smaller MSE value than SVM algorithm.
Wireless sensor network for monitoring irrigation using XBee Pro S2CjournalBEEI
Monitoring irrigation is still the problem of agriculture in Indonesia. During the dry season, the farming fields drought while in the rainy season, floods happened. Since the farm-fields located far from the urban area, it requires an automatic tool for monitoring the availability of water that can help the farmer to monitor the farm-field. Wireless sensor network is an appropriate technology used to overcome problems related to the monitoring system. This research is using a water level sensor, pump, Arduino Nano, and XBee Pro S2C in each monitoring node. The system designed within two modules, an automation irrigation module and a monitoring module, which is connected with the communication configuration of master-slaves between Xbee Pro S2C at each node. The system examined several scenarios in order to test the performance. Based on the testing result, all the performance parameters can be adequately delivered to the user and appropriated with the real condition in the farm field. The delay between nodes only takes 5-10 seconds.
IOT BASED SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM BY EXPLOITING DISTRIBUTED SENSORIAL NETWORK IJCSEA Journal
In this research the Internet of Things (IoT) based smart irrigation system is developed for large scale
farming to ensure appropriate water management as well as to minimize unnecessary water utilization.
This system can control water wastage for irrigation purpose by using wireless sensor network (WSN) and
IoT. Each WSN node contains a unit of combined sensors which has been made by several external sensors
such as soil moisture, soil pH, and temperature sensor along with Node MCU for data transmission in the
cloud. Other nodes are distributed in the field to collect field data for different positions and this
information is sent to the server. Data processing and analysis are performed according to the proposed
algorithm. Obtained result as well as weather forecasting report is checked for three days from a
developed android app. The accomplished result is sent to the farmers through SMS; depending upon the
SMS, farmers take necessary steps for watering or not in the crops field through IoT. Using the particular
sensors in this system along with microcontroller board plays an important aspect for bringing automation
for a particular model. In this work wireless sensor technology in irrigation purposes can show the
direction to the rural farming community to replace some of the traditional techniques.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER)ijceronline
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER) is an intentional online Journal in English monthly publishing journal. This Journal publish original research work that contributes significantly to further the scientific knowledge in engineering and Technology.
Microcontroller-based Control and Data Acquisition System for a Grid-connecte...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
There has been a significant increase in the exploitation of renewable energy systems. To be
able to efficiently utilize grid - connected renewable energy sources, there must be a reliable control and
monitoring system. In building a control and monitoring system for this system, a power analyzer
connected to a microcontroller was used. The microcontroller was linked to touchscreen display where a
graphical user interface (GUI) was programmed to able to display and log the data recovered. Relays were
used to reconfigure the system by shifting the load’s source of energy between the grid and renewable
energy system. The energy generated by the renewable energy system may be delivered to the load or be
fed to the grid as needed. This operation will be done through either an external device or through a
computer which was built to manually operate the control system and view the status of the system as
determined by parameters such as cost and energy consumption. This system provided residential
buildings with their own renewable energy system with a simple yet reliable control and monitoring system.
The system was able to accumulate accurate and real time data. It also provided a continuous supply and
switching application simultaneously
IRJET- Indian Water Pollution Monitoring and Forecasting for Anomaly with...IRJET Journal
This document describes a proposed system to monitor and forecast water pollution in India using wireless sensor networks and machine learning techniques. Sensors would collect data on various water quality parameters like pH, nitrates, fecal coliform, biochemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, and temperature from multiple locations. The data would be analyzed using machine learning algorithms to predict future pollution levels and identify anomalies. The system aims to reduce pollution by providing advanced monitoring and early warnings. Redundant sensor nodes and failure detection would ensure the system's reliability.
IRJET- Estimation of Water Level Variations in Dams Based on Rainfall Dat...IRJET Journal
This document presents a study that uses an artificial neural network (ANN) to estimate water level variations in dams based on rainfall data. Specifically, it develops ANN models to forecast daily water levels for the Sukhi Reservoir project in India. The study collects water level, inflow, and release data over many years to train ANN models. It compares the performance of different ANN architectures - cascade, Elman, and feedforward backpropagation networks. The results show that the feedforward backpropagation network achieves the best performance with low errors and high correlation between predicted and actual water levels. The ANN models provide an effective method for timely water level forecasting to aid water management and disaster control.
Review on microcontroller based monitoring system for agricultureIRJET Journal
This document describes a microcontroller-based monitoring system for agriculture. It consists of sensors to measure soil moisture, temperature, and humidity. The sensor readings are sent to a microcontroller and displayed on an LCD. They are also transmitted wirelessly to a computer. If the soil moisture exceeds a threshold, the computer will activate a relay to turn on a water pump, thereby automatically irrigating the field. The system aims to remotely monitor environmental conditions and automate irrigation to improve crop yields in a low-cost and simple way.
Implementation of Integration VaaMSN and SEMAR for Wide Coverage Air Quality ...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
The current air quality monitoring system cannot cover a large area, not real-time and has not
implemented big data analysis technology with high accuracy. The purpose of an integration Mobile
Sensor Network and Internet of Things system is to build air quality monitoring system that able to monitor
in wide coverage. This system consists of Vehicle as a Mobile Sensors Network (VaaMSN) as edge
computing and Smart Environment Monitoring and Analytic in Real-time (SEMAR) cloud computing.
VaaMSN is a package of air quality sensor, GPS, 4G Wi-Fi modem and single board computing. SEMAR
cloud computing has a time-series database for real-time visualization, Big Data environment and analytics
use the Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Decision Tree (DT) algorithm. The output from the system
are maps, table, and graph visualization. The evaluation obtained from the experimental results shows that
the accuracy of both algorithms reaches more than 90%. However, Mean Square Error (MSE) value of
SVM algorithm about 0.03076293, but DT algorithm has 10x smaller MSE value than SVM algorithm.
Wireless sensor network for monitoring irrigation using XBee Pro S2CjournalBEEI
Monitoring irrigation is still the problem of agriculture in Indonesia. During the dry season, the farming fields drought while in the rainy season, floods happened. Since the farm-fields located far from the urban area, it requires an automatic tool for monitoring the availability of water that can help the farmer to monitor the farm-field. Wireless sensor network is an appropriate technology used to overcome problems related to the monitoring system. This research is using a water level sensor, pump, Arduino Nano, and XBee Pro S2C in each monitoring node. The system designed within two modules, an automation irrigation module and a monitoring module, which is connected with the communication configuration of master-slaves between Xbee Pro S2C at each node. The system examined several scenarios in order to test the performance. Based on the testing result, all the performance parameters can be adequately delivered to the user and appropriated with the real condition in the farm field. The delay between nodes only takes 5-10 seconds.
IOT BASED SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM BY EXPLOITING DISTRIBUTED SENSORIAL NETWORK IJCSEA Journal
In this research the Internet of Things (IoT) based smart irrigation system is developed for large scale
farming to ensure appropriate water management as well as to minimize unnecessary water utilization.
This system can control water wastage for irrigation purpose by using wireless sensor network (WSN) and
IoT. Each WSN node contains a unit of combined sensors which has been made by several external sensors
such as soil moisture, soil pH, and temperature sensor along with Node MCU for data transmission in the
cloud. Other nodes are distributed in the field to collect field data for different positions and this
information is sent to the server. Data processing and analysis are performed according to the proposed
algorithm. Obtained result as well as weather forecasting report is checked for three days from a
developed android app. The accomplished result is sent to the farmers through SMS; depending upon the
SMS, farmers take necessary steps for watering or not in the crops field through IoT. Using the particular
sensors in this system along with microcontroller board plays an important aspect for bringing automation
for a particular model. In this work wireless sensor technology in irrigation purposes can show the
direction to the rural farming community to replace some of the traditional techniques.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER)ijceronline
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER) is an intentional online Journal in English monthly publishing journal. This Journal publish original research work that contributes significantly to further the scientific knowledge in engineering and Technology.
Air pollution monitoring system using LoRa modul as transceiver systemTELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
This document describes an air pollution monitoring system that uses LoRa modules as a transceiver system. The system integrates air sensors, a Raspberry Pi for data processing, and LoRa modules to transmit data from the transmitter to the receiver without an internet connection. Testing showed the system could transmit location and sensor data at distances up to 1.7 km with line of sight, and up to 400 meters with non-line of sight, with average delays of around 2-5 seconds. The system provides real-time monitoring of air pollution levels and location data wirelessly over long ranges without requiring an internet connection.
An automated low cost IoT based Fertilizer Intimation System forsmart agricul...sakru naik
This document describes an IoT-based system to monitor soil nutrients and advise farmers on fertilizer use. It involves:
1. Designing a novel NPK sensor using colorimetric principles to detect nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium levels in soil samples. Sensor data is sent to a cloud database.
2. Applying fuzzy logic at the edge to analyze sensor data and determine nutrient deficiencies based on if-then rules. Levels are categorized as very low, low, medium, high or very high.
3. Sending automated SMS alerts to farmers on a regular basis recommending fertilizer quantities for different nutrient deficiencies as determined by the fuzzy system.
The system is intended to help farmers apply fertil
This document summarizes research applying particle swarm optimization (PSO) and flower pollination algorithm (FPA) techniques to solve hydrothermal scheduling problems. Hydrothermal scheduling involves optimally coordinating hydroelectric and thermal power generation to minimize fuel costs while meeting demand and accounting for water availability constraints. Previous methods for solving these problems, such as simulated annealing and genetic algorithms, have drawbacks like long computation times. The document describes applying PSO and FPA to minimize fuel costs for 3-unit and 6-unit test systems, showing they can find near-optimal solutions faster than other methods while satisfying constraints. FPA, based on pollination in plants, is a new metaheuristic that effectively solves the optimization problem with better
Implementation of a frequency control in a biomass gasifier systemIJECEIAES
Distributed power generation has grown in popularity in recent years, especially in areas not connected to the national grid. As a result, rural microgrids are becoming more common, involving great potential for energy based on biomass conversion such as gasification. After analyzing distributed power generation facilities in developing countries, the authors found problems with the frequency stability. This paper focuses on solving the problem of frequency control in energy supplied by microgrids based in biomass gasification. For that purpose, the authors have developed a physical model of a downdraft gasifier, this model was used for design a novel strategy for frequency control, which has been based and validated on an existing gasification system, which supplies power to a population in Necoclí (Colombia).
SENSOR BASED SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITH MONITORING AND CONTROLLING USING IN...ijasa
This document presents a sensor-based smart irrigation system using IoT. The system uses soil moisture, temperature, and humidity sensors connected to a NodeMCU microcontroller. The sensor data is sent to a cloud server (ThingSpeak) and displayed as graphs on a website. A web page allows users to control a water pump remotely. The system was tested on a field over one day, recording sensor data and pump status in the morning, afternoon and night. Test results showed the pump turned on when soil moisture fell below a threshold and off when above a threshold, conserving water. The smart irrigation system allows remote monitoring and control to help farmers irrigate crops efficiently with minimal human effort or water waste.
Micro hydropower plant potential study based on Landsat 8 operational land im...journalBEEI
Remote sensing technology has been widely applied in various fields, including oil, gas, and mineral exploration, spatial planning, and environmental monitoring. This paper describes the application of remote sensing technology for the potential study of a renewable micro hydropower plant (MHP) using Landsat 8 satellite data. The Sukaati Watershed, West Java, Indonesia, was selected as the case study area. Landsat 8 satellite data, acquired on August 21, 2020, was applied to extract information on land use, geology, and potential landslides. Drainage patterns, watershed boundaries, and head height were obtained from topographic map data. Drainage patterns, watershed boundaries, and land use are used to calculate flow rates. Geological map and landslide are the basis of layout of MHP components, such as water intake, dam, waterway, settling tank, penstock, and powerhouse. A field survey to acquire actual flow rate and head height was conducted to validate the results of the remote sensing data interpretation. Two potential sites of MHP were selected with a hydropower design of 129 kW and 5.18 MW. This study showed that remote sensing technology is beneficial for studying the potential of MHP because fieldwork can be done more quickly and efficiently.
Pollution Sensor Based Data Communication via Android DeviceIOSR Journals
This document describes a pollution sensor and data communication system using an Android device. The system collects air pollution data from sensor modules using Zigbee and transmits it to the Android device. The Android device then sends the data via GPRS to a backend server, where the pollution levels are mapped. The system aims to monitor pollution levels in cities and share real-time data and maps with users to increase environmental awareness. It collects data every 5 seconds if the user or sensors have moved more than 5 meters, and stores any unattributed data locally until connectivity is restored to send it to the server.
Air pollution monitoring system using mobile gprs sensors array pptSaurabh Giratkar
ppt This paper contain brief introduction to vehicular pollution, effect of increase in vehicular pollution on environment as well on human health. To monitor this pollution wireless sensor network (WSN) system is proposed. The proposed system consists of a Mobile Data-Acquisition Unit (Mobile-DAQ) and a fixed Internet-Enabled Pollution Monitoring Server (Pollution-Server). The Mobile-DAQ unit integrates a single-chip microcontroller, air pollution sensors array, a General Packet Radio Service Modem (GPRS-Modem), and a Global Positioning System Module (GPS-Module). The Pollution-Server is a high-end personal computer application server with Internet connectivity. The Mobile-DAQ unit gathers air pollutants levels (CO, NO2, and SO2), and packs them in a frame with the GPS physical location, time, and date. The frame is subsequently uploaded to the GPRS-Modem and transmitted to the Pollution-Server via the public mobile network. A database server is attached to the Pollution- Server for storing the pollutants level for further usage by various clients such as environment protection agencies, vehicles registration authorities, and tourist and insurance companies.
Precision Irrigation: A Method to Save Water and Energy While Increasing Cro...Gary Marks
Precision irrigation provides a means for evaluating a crop’s water requirements and a means for applying the right amount at the right time. Applying precision irrigation practices offers significant potential for saving water, energy, and money. Further, it has the potential to increases crop yield. There is an additional positive environmental impact from precision irrigation in that farm runoff, a major source of water pollution, can be reduced. This paper focuses on the irrigation of California agriculture, which uses nearly 80% of the state’s water and more than ten billion Kilowatt hours of electricity annually. That is enough electricity to power one million typical American households each year. The approximate power plant capacity required to power California irrigation through the months of May through October is 2500 MW, which is equivalent to 250 Min-Nuke power plants running at an average of 10MW each. The carbon footprint associated with the power is approximately six million metric tons of CO2 per year.
This document proposes an automated control system for air pollution detection in vehicles. The system would use semiconductor sensors at the vehicle's emission outlets to detect pollutant levels and indicate them on a meter. If pollution levels exceed a threshold, the vehicle would buzz and the driver would have a cushion period to park it. Then the GPS would locate the nearest service station and after the timer expires, fuel to the engine would cut off and the vehicle must be towed for maintenance. The microcontroller would synchronize and execute the entire process to benefit society by reducing air pollution.
Air pollution monitoring system using mobile gprs sensors arraySaurabh Giratkar
This paper contain brief introduction to vehicular pollution, effect of increase in vehicular pollution on environment as well on human health. To monitor this pollution wireless sensor network (WSN) system is proposed. The proposed system consists of a Mobile Data-Acquisition Unit (Mobile-DAQ) and a fixed Internet-Enabled Pollution Monitoring Server (Pollution-Server). The Mobile-DAQ unit integrates a single-chip microcontroller, air pollution sensors array, a General Packet Radio Service Modem (GPRS-Modem), and a Global Positioning System Module (GPS-Module). The Pollution-Server is a high-end personal computer application server with Internet connectivity. The Mobile-DAQ unit gathers air pollutants levels (CO, NO2, and SO2), and packs them in a frame with the GPS physical location, time, and date. The frame is subsequently uploaded to the GPRS-Modem and transmitted to the Pollution-Server via the public mobile network. A database server is attached to the Pollution- Server for storing the pollutants level for further usage by various clients such as environment protection agencies, vehicles registration authorities, and tourist and insurance companies.
A Review on: Spatial Image Processing and Wireless Sensor Network Design to I...IRJET Journal
This document provides a review of using spatial image processing and wireless sensor networks to identify and monitor rainfall-triggered landslides. It discusses how geographical information systems can be used to identify landslide prone areas and validate landslide occurrences. It also describes how wireless sensor networks with sensors monitoring factors like rainfall, groundwater levels, and slope movement can provide real-time monitoring of landslides and early warning systems to reduce losses. The document reviews various landslide forecasting and monitoring methods that have been used, including different sensor network topologies, routing protocols, and algorithms for data collection and analysis.
Review on cyber-security for optimized and smart irrigation systemsTELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
It is well known that the resources in agriculture are considered the most important factors for success. Therefore, numerous researchers are involved in the field of managing these resources, particularly water and consumed power. Moreover, the security side of these resources is considered, particularly the cyber-attacks. In this project, an optimized resource management method is proposed for allocating the available resources in a smart on-demand way. The proposed method is applied for dripped and sprinkler irrigation systems for managing the available water and generated power. In addition, an optimization method is utilized to obtain reliable solutions for managing the adopted resources. This method adopts a cyber security algorithm for preventing any possible attack. Wireless sensor network (WSN) is used as a reading source, in which the underlying area is covered well, since using sensors in irrigation systems is cost-effective that ensures on-demand irrigation process to save water and power resources. This network is supported by the fault tolerance method to increase availability.
Implementation of soil energy harvesting system for agriculture parameters mo...IRJET Journal
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Internet of things implementation and analysis of fuzzy Tsukamoto in prototy...IJECEIAES
This research raises the topic of modern technology in the field of rice fields. The problem in this research is determining the fuzzy inference system algorithm for electronic engineering. The prototype was built by Raspberry Pi and python-based to the internet of things. The objective of this research is to design a new model for the rice field monitoring/control system and display every condition based on the internet of things. So that the hypothesis of this research can answer the phenomena that occur in rice fields, including drought problems, maintained plant conditions. The test results showed that irrigation control automatically runs optimally by scheduling, automatic irrigation control of water pH degree value detection analyzed by fuzzy Tsukamoto method at Z=3.5 defuzzification value for low and high irrigation control, and Z value=1.83 for normal irrigation control. Furthermore, the scheduling of spraying liquid fertilizer obtained the results of duration for 60 min in accordance with the needs of fertilizer dose. Lastly, for monitoring data on the website successfully accessed anywhere from the use of hosting servers and domains. Finally, it can be concluded that fuzzy Tsukamoto's algorithm is appropriate to be applied to the modern rice field system.
This document discusses the development of a cloud-based automatic irrigation system using IoT. It begins with an introduction explaining the need for more efficient irrigation methods due to increasing population and climate change. It then reviews existing automated irrigation systems that typically use soil moisture sensors and weather data. The proposed system would use a water level sensor in an evaporation pan to estimate soil moisture loss and trigger irrigation through solenoid valves. Sensor data and system status would be sent to the cloud for remote monitoring via an Android app. This allows irrigation to be controlled automatically based on pan water levels while avoiding manual monitoring.
A PRECISION AGRICULTURE DSS BASED ON SENSOR THRESHOLD MANAGEMENT FOR IRRIGATI...sipij
This document describes a prototype precision agriculture decision support system (DSS) for irrigation management. The prototype system collects data from weather and soil sensors, analyzes the data according to preset thresholds using a DSS algorithm, and activates irrigation electrovalves as needed. The system architecture includes sensors that transmit data via ZigBee protocol to a central coordinator connected to the cloud. The cloud runs the DSS algorithm and sends commands back to the coordinator to open and close electrovalves. A database stores sensor data and system settings like thresholds. The document provides details on the hardware components, network design, DSS logic, and aims to demonstrate how a microcontroller can perform customized DSS for different crops.
IoT-based smart irrigation management system using real-time dataIJECEIAES
An adequate water supply is essential for the growth and development of crops. When rainfall is insufficient, irrigation is necessary to meet crop water needs. It is a crucial and strategic aspect of economic and social development. To combat climate change, there is a need to adopt irrigation management techniques that increase and stabilize agricultural production while saving water, using intelligent agricultural water technologies. Internet of things (IoT) based technologies can achieve optimal use of water resources. This article introduces a smart realtime irrigation management system based on the internet of things. It provides optimal management of irrigation decisions using real-time weather and soil moisture data, as well as data from precipitation forecasts. The proposed algorithm is developed in real-time based on the IoT, enabling us to guide irrigation and control the amount of water in agricultural applications. The system uses real-time data analysis of climate, soil, and crop data to provide flexible planning of the irrigation system’s use. A case study from the Fez-Meknes region in Morocco is presented to demonstrate the proposed system’s effectiveness
Operation of Sensor Nodes for Smart Farming and Data Networking using Wireles...IRJET Journal
This document describes a proposed system for smart farming using wireless sensor networks. Key points:
- Sensor nodes would be deployed to monitor environmental parameters like temperature, humidity, and soil moisture.
- The sensor data would be transmitted wirelessly via technologies like Zigbee to a coordinator node.
- The coordinator node would convert the data to WiFi and send it to a web server where users could access it remotely via an online portal or mobile app.
- The system aims to automate irrigation and other farm operations based on sensor readings to optimize crop growth. This would reduce labor needs and allow remote monitoring of field conditions.
The Internet of Things (IoT) has provided promising opportunities to create powerful industrial and domestic applications. One of its main applications is smart metering. The existing analogue meter in residential area requires consistent human monitoring, which leads to computational errors. Huge labor force, their negligence and money invested are the drawback of such meters. Therefore, a cost effective and low power smart-meter that can monitor the daily consumption of water in residential area need to be developed, in order to conserve water. Here in this research, SOC based smart water meter is developed to provide cost effective solution. Further, the developed system is implemented in real time to investigate the reliability and feasibility.
Intelligent flood disaster warning on the fly: developing IoT-based managemen...journalBEEI
The number of natural disasters occurring yearly is increasing at an alarming rate which has caused a great concern over the well-being of human lives and economy sustenance. The rainfall pattern has also been affected and this has caused immense amount of flood cases in recent times. Flood disasters are damaging to economy and human lives. Yearly, millions of people are affected by floods in Asia alone. This has brought the attention of the government to develop a flood forecasting method to reduce flood casualties. In this article, a flood mitigation method will be evaluated which incorporates a miniaturized flow, water level sensor and pressure gauge. The data from the two sensors are used to predict flood status using a 2-class neural network. Real-time monitoring of the data from the sensor into Thingspeak channel were possible with the use of NodeMCU ESP8266. Furthermore, Microsoft’s Azure Machine Learning (AzureML) has built-in 2-class neural network which was used to predict flood status according to predefine rule. The prediction model has been published as Web services through AzureML service and it enables prediction as new data are available. The experimental result showed that using 3 hidden layers has the highest accuracy of 98.9% and precision of 100% when 2-class neural network
is used.
This document discusses using a wireless sensor network to remotely monitor crops in agriculture. It proposes a prototype model developed in Qualnet simulator that uses static sensor nodes to measure soil moisture, temperature, humidity and detect pests/diseases. The sensor data is transmitted to a base station and then to a farmer's phone. Simulations tested both random and grid deployment patterns of sensor nodes. The network aims to help farmers efficiently manage resources and crop growth through real-time monitoring of field conditions.
Air pollution monitoring system using LoRa modul as transceiver systemTELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
This document describes an air pollution monitoring system that uses LoRa modules as a transceiver system. The system integrates air sensors, a Raspberry Pi for data processing, and LoRa modules to transmit data from the transmitter to the receiver without an internet connection. Testing showed the system could transmit location and sensor data at distances up to 1.7 km with line of sight, and up to 400 meters with non-line of sight, with average delays of around 2-5 seconds. The system provides real-time monitoring of air pollution levels and location data wirelessly over long ranges without requiring an internet connection.
An automated low cost IoT based Fertilizer Intimation System forsmart agricul...sakru naik
This document describes an IoT-based system to monitor soil nutrients and advise farmers on fertilizer use. It involves:
1. Designing a novel NPK sensor using colorimetric principles to detect nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium levels in soil samples. Sensor data is sent to a cloud database.
2. Applying fuzzy logic at the edge to analyze sensor data and determine nutrient deficiencies based on if-then rules. Levels are categorized as very low, low, medium, high or very high.
3. Sending automated SMS alerts to farmers on a regular basis recommending fertilizer quantities for different nutrient deficiencies as determined by the fuzzy system.
The system is intended to help farmers apply fertil
This document summarizes research applying particle swarm optimization (PSO) and flower pollination algorithm (FPA) techniques to solve hydrothermal scheduling problems. Hydrothermal scheduling involves optimally coordinating hydroelectric and thermal power generation to minimize fuel costs while meeting demand and accounting for water availability constraints. Previous methods for solving these problems, such as simulated annealing and genetic algorithms, have drawbacks like long computation times. The document describes applying PSO and FPA to minimize fuel costs for 3-unit and 6-unit test systems, showing they can find near-optimal solutions faster than other methods while satisfying constraints. FPA, based on pollination in plants, is a new metaheuristic that effectively solves the optimization problem with better
Implementation of a frequency control in a biomass gasifier systemIJECEIAES
Distributed power generation has grown in popularity in recent years, especially in areas not connected to the national grid. As a result, rural microgrids are becoming more common, involving great potential for energy based on biomass conversion such as gasification. After analyzing distributed power generation facilities in developing countries, the authors found problems with the frequency stability. This paper focuses on solving the problem of frequency control in energy supplied by microgrids based in biomass gasification. For that purpose, the authors have developed a physical model of a downdraft gasifier, this model was used for design a novel strategy for frequency control, which has been based and validated on an existing gasification system, which supplies power to a population in Necoclí (Colombia).
SENSOR BASED SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITH MONITORING AND CONTROLLING USING IN...ijasa
This document presents a sensor-based smart irrigation system using IoT. The system uses soil moisture, temperature, and humidity sensors connected to a NodeMCU microcontroller. The sensor data is sent to a cloud server (ThingSpeak) and displayed as graphs on a website. A web page allows users to control a water pump remotely. The system was tested on a field over one day, recording sensor data and pump status in the morning, afternoon and night. Test results showed the pump turned on when soil moisture fell below a threshold and off when above a threshold, conserving water. The smart irrigation system allows remote monitoring and control to help farmers irrigate crops efficiently with minimal human effort or water waste.
Micro hydropower plant potential study based on Landsat 8 operational land im...journalBEEI
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Unit 1: Introduction to Network Security
- Introduction to Network Security
- Goals of Network Security
- ISO Security Architecture
- Attacks and Categories of Attacks
- Network Security Services & Mechanisms
- Authentication Applications: Kerberos, X.509 Directory Authentication Service
Unit 2: Application Layer Security
- Security Threats and Countermeasures
- SET Protocol
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- Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
- S/MIME
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- Wireless Transport Layer Security
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- Encapsulating Security Payloads
- System Security: Intruders, Intrusion Detection System, Viruses
- Firewall Design Principles
- Trusted Systems
- OS Security
- Program Security
Unit 4: Introduction to Cyber Law
- Cyber Crime, Cyber Criminals, Cyber Law
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- E-Governance and IT Act 2000
- Legal Recognition of Electronic Records
- Legal Recognition of Digital Signatures
- Use of Electronic Records and Digital Signatures in Government and its Agencies
- IT Act in Detail
- Basics of Network Security: IP Addresses, Port Numbers, and Sockets
- Hiding and Tracing IP Addresses
- Scanning: Traceroute, Ping Sweeping, Port Scanning, ICMP Scanning
- Fingerprinting: Active and Passive Email
Unit 5: Advanced Attacks
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- Internal Attacks: Emails, Mobile Phones, Instant Messengers, FTP Uploads, Dumpster Diving, Shoulder Surfing
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An Intelligent Irrigation Scheduling
System Using Low-cost Wireless Sensor
Network Toward Sustainable and
Precision Agriculture
CHAOWANAN JAMROEN1,2
, (Member, IEEE), PREECHA KOMKUM1
, CHANON FONGKERD1
,
AND WIPA KRONGPHA1
1
Division of Instrumentation and Automation Engineering Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology,
King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand.
2
The Plasma and Automatic Electric Technology Research Group, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Rayong Campus, Thailand.
Corresponding author: Chaowanan Jamroen (e-mail: chaowanan.j@eat.kmutnb.ac.th).
This research was funded by King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok. Contract no. KMUTNB-63-DRIVE-15.
ABSTRACT Agricultural irrigation developments have gained attention to improve crop yields and
reduce water use. However, traditional irrigation requires excessive amounts of water and consumes high
electrical energy to schedule irrigations. This paper proposes a fuzzy-based intelligent irrigation scheduling
system using a low-cost wireless sensor network (WSN). The fuzzy logic system takes crop and soil water
variabilities into account to adaptively schedule irrigations. The theoretical crop water stress index (CWSI)
is calculated to indicate plant water status using canopy temperature, solar irradiation, and vapor pressure
deficit. Furthermore, the soil moisture content obtained by a capacitive soil moisture sensor is used as a
determination of water status in soil. These two variables are thus incorporated to improve the precision of
the irrigation scheduling system. In the experiment, the proposed irrigation scheduling system is validated
and compared with existing conventional irrigation systems to explore its performance. Implementation of
this system leads to a decrease in water use by 59.61% and electrical energy consumption by 67.35%,
while the crop yield increases by 22.58%. The experimental results reveal that the proposed irrigation
scheduling system is effective in terms of precision irrigation scheduling and efficient regarding water use
and energy consumption. Finally, the cost analysis is performed to confirm the economic benefit of the
proposed irrigation scheduling system.
INDEX TERMS Crop water stress index (CWSI), Fuzzy logic system, Irrigation scheduling, Wireless
sensor network (WSN), Soil moisture content.
I. INTRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL irrigation always receives atten-
tion as an important application for the purpose of
crop cultivation and production. A reliable and suitable
irrigation water supply can significantly raise vast im-
provements in agricultural productivity and water sav-
ings. Clearly, traditional irrigation consumes not only
bulk amounts of water, but electrical energy may also
be required greatly, depending on the geographical lo-
cation. The traditional irrigation practice involves ap-
plying water as uniformly as possible over every part of
the field without taking the variability of soil and crop
water needs into account. Consequently, some parts of
the field are over-irrigated, meanwhile, other parts of
the field are under-irrigated [1]. In addition, variable
rate irrigation (VRI) provides the flexibility to manage
spatial and temporal variabilities within different zones
of a production field. However, the adoption of VRI
is very limited, and it does not always guarantee the
best irrigation [2]. Presently, water demands are contin-
uously increasing, whereas water resources are unfortu-
nately limited. With water scarcity, precision irrigation
(PI) systems have been focused and enabled by the
advancement of sensor technologies and the internet of
things (IoT). Currently, the new paradigm of massive
measurements is represented in terms of wireless sensor
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networks (WSN). As the rapid growth of IoT, low-
power and low-complexity communications are one of
the greatest challenges faced by practitioners today. In
[3], backscatter communication was proposed based on
a bistatic semi-passive scatter radio principle for a long-
range WSN. However, the backscatter communication
has several major limitations, such as short transmission
range, low data rate, and unidirectional information
transmission [4]. Hence, due to the development of
network-based information technology, a WSN plays a
significant role in the variety of agriculture applications.
It becomes essential to integrate sensor technology and
WSN to stimulate and perform precision irrigation. To
date, along with those developments, the sensor-based
automatic irrigation system has considerably been in-
novated and applied in widespread agriculture instead
of the traditional irrigation, leading to smart and sus-
tainable agriculture. In general, irrigation scheduling
systems can be categorized into three approaches [5],
i.e. (i) soil-based approach, (ii) weather-based approach,
and (iii) plant-based approach.
In the literature, automatic irrigation and monitoring
systems are typically based on a soil approach. They can
be achieved by using soil moisture content and climatic
data. The soil moisture content is used to describe
the water status in the uppermost part of a field soil
[6]. The determination of soil moisture status has been
considered regarding plant-water relations [7], while the
climatic data are considered to perform a model-based
real-time decision support system for irrigation systems
together with the soil moisture status, such as air tem-
perature, air humidity, solar radiation, and wind speed
[8]. Furthermore, the smart watering system was devel-
oped for irrigation scheduling based on Block-chain and
fuzzy logic approach by employing economical sensor
devices [9]. The decision-support system of this system
mainly relies on five variables such as change rate of
temperature, change rate of humidity, intensity of light,
and change rate of moisture and type of plant. Similarly,
the urban irrigation systems were introduced in [10]
aiming at saving water and maintaining crop yields;
nevertheless, the system was simply based on a soil
moisture set-point to make a decision for irrigation. The
web-based application was designed and implemented
to manipulate details of crop data and field information
using soil moisture sensors. Subsequently, the data were
analyzed for the watering process and notifying to users
via mobile application [11]. The smart irrigation system
based on IoT was developed and implemented using a
low-cost soil moisture sensor. The system was applied
by the Neuron network for irrigation decisions, while
the environment information can be monitored via the
web-page [12]. Also, the IoT-based smart irrigation sys-
tem was developed driven by a fuzzy logic system. The
system can schedule irrigation employing soil moisture
content, temperature, and humidity. This system can
provide acknowledgment messages of the job’s statuses
via mobile phone [13]. Although numerous researches
have presented the irrigation scheduling based on a soil-
based approach, the irrigation scheduling using solely
soil-based approach may fail to deliver enough amounts
of water to plants as reported in [14], resulting in severe
water stress of the plant.
Besides, the weather-based approach has been devel-
oped using environment variables and forecast methods.
In [15], the environment parameters were monitored and
controlled through WSN, including temperature sensor,
humidity sensor, and illumination sensor, to provide
optimal crop conditions. However, the above system
only employed the pre-defined threshold value of those
parameters to control irrigations. An automated green-
house system was proposed using an affordable weather
sensor network for cultivation in India [16]. Neverthe-
less, this automated greenhouse system only employed
constant thresholds for environment variables to control
the dynamic behavior of greenhouse micro-climate. In
[17], an innovative irrigation scheduling was developed
combining earth observation data, weather forecasts,
and numerical simulations to plan more precisely water
allocation in space and time in the irrigated agriculture.
The different types of weather forecasts were taken into
account for irrigation scheduling [18]. Furthermore, a
new methodology based on the use of weather forecast
data was proposed to determine irrigation scheduling
[19]. The results showed that there was only a minor
difference between the proposed weather forecast and
the measured weather data. It should be noted that
there are two issues surrounding the use of available
climate prediction and weather forecast for irrigation
scheduling: forecast reliability and the dissemination of
the forecast information to farmers.
For the plant-based approach, crop water stress index
(CWSI) is widely used as an estimator for quantifying
plant water status (water deficit of crops) at any local
point based on measurements of plant temperatures
[20], [21], [22]. Basically, canopy temperature and tem-
perature baselines are required to calculate an empiri-
cal CWSI. The temperature baselines can be obtained
by artificial crop reference surfaces, while the canopy
temperature can be measured directly by an infrared
temperature sensor. To avoid the artificial crop reference
surfaces, a temperature baseline prediction has been
modeled and developed for the CWSI calculation [23].
Based on the empirical method, the average CWSI was
used for irrigation scheduling of bermudagrass in the
Mediterranean region [24]. CWSI in this technique was
calculated based on the empirical method adapted for
practical convenience and used to create the seasonal
CWSI as a criterion for irrigation. In [24], the effect
of water stress on crop yield was also evaluated. Fur-
thermore, various physiological parameters were inves-
tigated including crop water stress index for drip and
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furrow irrigated processing for red pepper in Turkey
[25]. A threshold of CWSI was utilized by prior defining
constant values with day-to-day changes for drip and
furrow irrigation. In addition, a dynamic threshold of
crop water stress index was employed to an automatic
irrigation scheduling for apple trees. These thresholds
were evaluated associated with stem water potential and
canopy-air temperature difference during midday [14],
[26]. In [26], seven irrigation scheduling algorithms
were also evaluated and discussed for more accurate
improvement of water use efficiency. The authors re-
ported that the plant-based irrigation system was able
to deliver enough irrigation water to the plant and avoid
water stress. Moreover, CWSI could be used to measure
crop water status and to improve irrigation scheduling
for broccoli. The research indicated that the CWSI
of about 0.51 before irrigation was able to produce
the maximum yield and water-saving irrigation [27].
CWSI could reliably be used in irrigation scheduling
for seed pumpkin plants. The lower limit baseline was
determined by the data of 2015 and 2016 [28]. The
aforementioned researches mainly relied on predefined
CWSI thresholds to schedule irrigations; however, this
could result in improper irrigations due to the lack of
farmers’ knowledge for the threshold setting. Recently,
the sensitivity analysis was applied for CWSI to explore
the most influential factors of ambient environment
uncertainties to the output variance of the index. The
research reported that CWSI does not recommend to use
under shaded conditions [29].
According to the review of the current literature, the
authors have found the opportunities and challenges
to bridge the gap of design and implementation of an
intelligent irrigation scheduling system using a low-cost
WSN. Particularly, most of the research has utilized
merely soil water status or crop water variability for
irrigation. Moreover, the limitations of soil moisture
status or crop water stress have been addressed by
[14], [26], [29], [30]. Therefore, the proposed irrigation
scheduling system simultaneously considers soil water
variability obtained by soil moisture content and crop
water variability obtained by CWSI. These two variabil-
ities used by the proposed irrigation scheduling system,
which give both soil and plant water status information,
can improve the precision of irrigation. However, the
implementation of precision irrigation systems, which
may require a high financial investment, is very limited,
especially farmers who have a tight budget. Thus, the
development of a precision irrigation system using com-
mercially inexpensive WSN is taken into account in this
research. The proposed irrigation scheduling system is
divided into 3 main parts, consisting of sensor aggre-
gator, central controller unit, and irrigation unit. The
sensor aggregator employs the availability of low-cost
environment sensors, i.e. soil moisture content, canopy
temperature, air temperature, humidity, and light. The
soil moisture and climatic data are collected by the
aggregator and transmitted to the central controller unit
via a WSN. In the central controller unit, the solar
irradiation is measured in addition to the measured
data from the sensor aggregator. The received data are
proceeded for noise elimination and data averaging.
Afterward, the processed data are used to calculate the
CWSI and soil moisture content. By taking the plant
and soil variabilities into account, the fuzzy system
receives the CWSI and soil moisture content to make
irrigation decisions and releases the control signal to the
pump in the irrigation unit, according to the designed
fuzzy system. In the experiment, the measurements are
connected to measure water use and electrical energy
consumed by the proposed system. The experimental
results are evaluated to explore the effectiveness and
efficiency of the proposed system compared with the
existing systems. Furthermore, the cost analysis is per-
formed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the pro-
posed system. Therefore, the main contributions of this
paper, that reduce the knowledge gap between low-cost
commercial available and system designs, are listed as
follows.
1) A fuzzy-based intelligent irrigation scheduling
system is designed and implemented using a low-
cost WSN.
2) Crop water stress index (CWSI) and soil moisture
content are simultaneously considered as vari-
ables for irrigation scheduling strategy.
3) The prototype of the proposed system is con-
structed and validated to gather data on the per-
formance and functionality of the design.
4) The proposed irrigation scheduling system is ex-
perimentally tested to evaluate its effectiveness.
5) The comparative study is performed to explore the
efficiencies of the proposed irrigation scheduling
system in terms of water use and energy consump-
tion.
6) The cost analysis is performed to assess the eco-
nomic viability of an investment.
The remainder of this paper is organized into five
main sections. In Section II, the materials and meth-
ods are primarily described. The intelligent irrigation
scheduling system is proposed in Section III. The exper-
imental setup is performed, and the experimental results
and cost analysis are provided in Section IV. Finally, the
conclusions and discussions are summarized in Section
V.
II. MATERIALS AND METHODS
A. CROP WATER STRESS INDEX (CWSI)
Crop water stress index (CWSI) was first introduced
and widely used to measure the stress of plants regard-
ing water [20], [21]. CWSI can be divided into two
main categories, i.e. empirical CWSI and theoretical
CWSI. The empirical CWSI employs the difference
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between the actual canopy temperature and the non-
water stressed baseline normalized by the difference
between the water-stressed baseline and the non-water
stressed baseline as calculated in Eq. 1.
CWSIE =
Tc − Tnws
Tdry − Tnws
(1)
where CWSIE is the empirical CWSI. Tc is the actual
plant canopy temperature in degree Celsius (◦
C). Tnws is
the non-water stressed baseline obtained by the canopy
temperature of a well-watered crop transpiring at maxi-
mum rate in degree Celsius (◦
C), while Tdry is the water
stressed baseline obtained by the canopy temperature of
a non-transpiring in degree Celsius (◦
C). Nevertheless,
Tnws and Tdry require additional artificial wet and dry
reference surfaces, resulting in limitations of potential
use of CWSI in practical implementations.
Accordingly, the theoretical CWSI was developed
and proposed based on the prediction of temperature
baselines instead of the artificial surfaces. The theoreti-
cal CWSI can be expressed as follows [14].
CWSIT =
∆Tm − ∆Tl
∆Tu − ∆Tl
(2)
where CWSIT is the theoretical CWSI. ∆Tm is the
temperature difference between the canopy temperature
and air temperature (Tc − Ta). ∆Tl is the tempera-
ture difference between the canopy temperature and the
well-watered plant canopy temperature, as expressed
in eqs. (3) to (6). ∆Tu is the temperature difference
between the canopy temperature and the non-transpiring
plant canopy temperature. ∆Tu can be calculated by
assuming closed stomata for a non-transpiring canopy
and replacing gv with zero as provided in Eq. (7).
∆Tl = Rn
1
γ + ∆
Pa
− VPD
1
Pa(γ + ∆
Pa
)
(3)
Rn = 0.25
αSSr + αSτSr + 4(αL − 1)La
(4)
γ =
2gHCP − (3αL − 4)εaσT 3
a
αgv
(5)
gH = 0.189
r
u
d
(6)
∆Tu =
Rn
2gHCP − (3αL − 4)εaσT 3
a
(7)
where Rn is the net radiation (Wm−2
). γ is the psy-
chrometric constant (Pa ◦
C−1
). ∆ is the slope of the
relationship between saturation vapor pressure and air
temperature (Pa ◦
C−1
), while Pa is the atmospheric
pressure (Pa). VPD is the vapor pressure deficit (Pa).
αS and αL are the absorptivity in the short and ab-
sorptivity in the thermal waveband (-), respectively. gH
is the air boundary layer conductance to heat (ms−1
).
CP is the heat capacity of air (J mol−1
C−1
). εa is
the emissivity of the sky (-). σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann
constant (J K−1
). Ta is the air temperature in Kelvin
(K). qv is the vapor conductance (mol m−2
s−1
). Sr is
the global solar irradiance (Wm−2
). τ is the green leaf
transmittance (-). La is the atmosphere long-wave flux
density computed using the Stefan–Boltzmann equation
(Wm−2
). u is the wind speed (ms−1
). d is the charac-
teristic dimension defined as 0.72 times the leaf width
(-).
As given in Eq. (1) and (2), the CWSI value ranges
between 0 to 1, where CWSI of 0 indicates a well-
watered condition, while CWSI of 1 indicates a water-
stressed condition. Therefore, the CWSI can be used to
quantify a crop water status as a simple indicator for
irrigation scheduling.
B. SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT
Soil moisture content (θ) is a critical variable in irriga-
tion management. Soil moisture content can be used for
the estimation of water in soils. Generally, soil moisture
content can be determined by a gravimetric method.
However, the gravimetric method is based on a direct
measure of soil water content, which is destructive and
laborious [31]. Hence, the gravimetric method is not
able to use for real-time measurement and application.
In the past few decades, indirect methods have been
proposed and applied, relying on various measurement
techniques. Essentially, capacitance and frequency tech-
niques are adopted to develop a soil moisture sensor, this
type of sensor is called by a capacitive soil moisture sen-
sor. A capacitive soil moisture sensor uses soil dielectric
properties to determine soil moisture content. The soil
permittivity measured by a capacitive soil moisture sen-
sor can be obtained by inserting its electrodes into the
soil. The measured soil permittivity is then converted
into volumetric soil moisture content. The volumetric
soil water content is expressed by the volume of water
in cm3
per unit volume of soil in cm3
. Hence, the
volumetric soil moisture content (θ) ranges between 0
to 100 in cm3
cm-3
or %.
Based on the capacitance and frequency techniques,
a capacitive soil moisture sensor offers various advan-
tages over other instruments, i.g., lower cost, continuous
monitoring, and data logging capabilities. Due to those
advantages, the capacitive soil moisture sensor is widely
used for many applications in agriculture.
C. NOISE FILTERING TECHNIQUE
Normally, measured data contain noises associated with
the capability of measurement devices. Prior to using
the data, the measured data should be processed to elim-
inate noises. The simplest technique used for time-series
data is based on a simple moving average (SMA) to
eliminate noises. However, SMA normally creates sig-
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nificant issues, particularly lags. To reduce lags created
by SMA, exponential moving average (EMA) has been
developed by adding exponentially weights on historical
data [32]. The EMA definition can be provided by the
following equations.
y(k) = αy(k) + (1 − α)y(k − 1) (8)
α =
2
n + 1
(9)
where y(k − 1) is the EMA of the observed data over
specific data points in a series at a previous time instant
k−1. α is the smoothing coefficient, which is between 0
and 1. n is also the number of data points used in EMA.
In practice, the number of data points (n) is varied
based on the type of measured data. The high fluctuating
data are smoothed with a higher number of data points,
in contrast, a small value of the number of data points
is defined for the low fluctuating data. Moreover, the
smoothing technique can compensate for missing data
in case of a temporary sensor failure or a temporary
electrical system failure. Commonly, the climatic data
are defined as the high fluctuating data, while the soil
moisture content data are defined as the low fluctuating
data. In this paper, the climatic data obtained by envi-
ronment sensors are thus filtered by defining a higher
number of data points than soil moisture data.
D. STRUCTURE OF WSN
WSNs have contributed significantly to various agri-
culture applications. Particularly, a WSN has applied
in order to form precision and sustainable irrigation
systems. A WSN is conceptually constituted by a num-
ber of small sensing nodes that work in a cooperative
way to sense and control the environment surrounding
them [33], [34]. The structure of WSN is commonly
composed of three components, i.e. sensor nodes, co-
ordinator node (gateway), and external node [33]. Sen-
sor nodes are responsible for sensing, data collection,
and data forwarder through wireless communication.
Also, sensor nodes should work cooperatively to form
a centralized network system. Afterward, the relevant
data collected by sensor nodes will be transmitted to
a coordinator node. A coordinator node allows data
communications among the network and field devices.
In a gateway, those data will be handled and processed.
Finally, the processed data will be utilized by an external
node or system. Furthermore, a coordinator node can
communicate with a cloud server for remote applica-
tions.
III. PROPOSED IRRIGATION SCHEDULING SYSTEM
A. DESIGN
According to the literature review in Section I, and
materials and methods provided in Section II, the pre-
liminary design of the intelligent irrigation scheduling
system is presented in Fig. 1. The proposed irrigation
scheduling system consists of 3 main parts, i.e. sensor
aggregator, central controller unit, and irrigation unit.
Each part can be explained hereinafter.
1) Sensor aggregator
In the sensor aggregator, it is responsible as a sen-
sor node in WSN. Environment sensors are embed-
ded with the aggregator including soil moisture sen-
sor, air temperature sensor, relative humidity sensor,
light sensor, and infrared temperature sensor. The soil
moisture content is determined using a soil moisture
sensor SKU:SEN0193. The ambient air temperature
and relative humidity are determined using a temper-
ature/relative humidity sensor DHT22, while a GY-
906 (MLX90614ESF) infrared temperature sensor is
employed to measure the crop canopy temperature.
The calibrations of the sensors used in this aggrega-
tor are provided as follows: soil moisture sensor [35],
temperature/relative humidity sensor [36], and infrared
temperature sensor [37]. The Arduino UNO R3 board
is employed as the main micro-controller to aggregate
the relevant data measured by the sensors. Furthermore,
the sensor aggregator is contained within a water-proof
plastic container for weather protection. This irrigation
scheduling system also adopts the availability of a WSN
to enhance the implementation in practice. In practical
implementation, single measurement data cannot accu-
rately describe the average variation of actual field data,
as reported in [38]. To deal with this issue, this paper
employs two sensor aggregators accordingly. The sensor
aggregators are able to send the measured data obtained
by the sensors to the central controller unit using the
NRF24L01 transceiver module for a suite of communi-
cation protocols. The NRF24L01 transceiver module is
used because of its ultra-low power (ULP) consumption,
simpler and less expensive. It integrates a complete
2.4GHz RF transceiver, RF synthesizer, and baseband
logic including the Enhanced ShockBurst™ hardware
protocol accelerator supporting a high-speed ubiquitous
SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) for the application
controller. However, the NRF24L01 can only transmit
data less than 100 m. In this work, the NRF24L01
with Power Amplifier/Low Noise Amplifier (PA/LNA)
is thus selected to boost the power of the signal being
transmitted from the NRF24L01 module (up to 1000
m.). The star topology based WSN is utilized and
implemented for this irrigation scheduling system, as
illustrated in Fig. 2. In order to save electric power
consumed by the sensor aggregator, a light lux sensor
BH1750FVI is used to automatically turn-on during the
daytime and turn-off during the nighttime. In addition,
this can prevent damaging injuries to plants. Normally,
most transpiration activity (the loss of water from fo-
liage) occurs during the day. Any irrigation cannot be
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Main Controller
Microcontroller
Arduino DUE
Canopy Temperature
Air Temperature
Light
Solar
Irradiation
Soil Moisture Content
Noise
Elimination
CWSI
Soil Moisture
Content
Fuzzification
Fuzzy
Inference
Defuzzification
Fuzzy Rule
Base
Motor Drive
Module
PWM Output
Agricultural Field
Electrical Energy
Consumption
Water
Consumption
Distribution Lines,
Laterals, and Emitters
Pump
Wireless Module
Humidity and Temperature Sensor
Packet of
Measured data
Light Sensor
Air Humidity
Sensor Aggregator
Pyranometer
Arduino UNO
Soil Moisture Sensor
Infrared Temperature Sensor
Central Controller Unit
Irrigation Unit
Irrigation Scheduling Strategy
Pump Control
Signal
FIGURE 1: The structure of the proposed intelligent irrigation scheduling system.
Sensor
Aggregator
Sensor
Aggregator
Sensor
Aggregator
Sensor
Aggregator
Sensor
Aggregator
Water
Water
Water
Water
Pump
Pump
Central
Controller
Unit
Central
Controller
Unit
Irrigation
Unit
A star topology based wireless sensor
network (WSN) implemented in
the irrigation scheduling system
Sensor
Sensor node
Coordinator node
FIGURE 2: The star topology used in the proposed
intelligent irrigation scheduling system.
expelled by stomata at night. Subsequently, moisture
remains on the plant for pathogen infiltration, causing
rot and other damaging injuries to the foliage.
2) Central controller unit
In the central controller unit, it is responsible as both a
coordinator node in WSN for receiving and transmitting
data from the sensor nodes and an irrigation (external)
system for irrigation scheduling. For the role in WSN,
the central controller unit receives the time series data
obtained by the aggregators as described in the previous
mention. On the other hand, the central controller unit
acted as a coordinator node will forward the data to an
irrigation scheduling system (external system). For the
role of the irrigation scheduling system, the forwarded
data will proceed in the intelligent irrigation schedul-
ing system as described hereinafter. According to the
challenges and opportunities in Section I, the proposed
irrigation scheduling system is designed based on both
soil and plant-based irrigation approaches. Therefore,
the proposed intelligent irrigation scheduling system
employs soil moisture content and CWSI as input vari-
ables of the fuzzy logic system as shown in Fig. 1.
The soil moisture content is used to indicate soil water
variability, which can be measured by a soil moisture
sensor. On the other hand, the CWSI calculation tra-
ditionally requires temperature baselines obtained by
artificial plant surfaces. Nevertheless, artificial plant
surfaces lead to limit the use of CWSI in practical appli-
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cation. As a consequence, this paper uses the theoretical
CWSI developed by [14]. By adopting the theoretical
CWSI, the plant water status can be obtained. To do
this, air temperature, relative humidity, plant canopy
temperature, and solar irradiation are required for the
calculation of the theoretical CWSI in Eq. 2. These
measurements are provided by the sensor aggregator
except solar irradiation. Thus, in addition to the sensors
embedded in the sensor aggregator, a pyranometer BGT-
JYZ2 is installed at the central controller unit to measure
solar irradiation. The pyranometer was calibrated based
on the procedure in [39]. Due to solar irradiation varies
depending on the sun and the weather, this paper thus
installs only one pyranometer at the central controller
unit. Also, the investment cost can be reduced. Prior to
proceeding the data to any calculations, the measured
data will be processed to eliminate noises contained in
the data using an exponential moving average (EMA)
technique in Eq. 9. The number of data points for the
EMA technique is defined based on the characteristic
of the measurement data. Since there are two sensor
aggregators, the processed measurement data will be
calculated to obtain the average value. Afterward, the
processed measurement data are used to calculate the
CWSI. The calculated CWSI and soil moisture content
will be used as the input variables of the fuzzy logic
system. The fuzzy logic system will be described in
Section III-C. The fuzzy logic system will release the
irrigation decision based on the knowledge-based de-
sign. The irrigation decision will drive the pump in the
irrigation unit accordingly.
3) Irrigation unit
In this paper, the irrigation unit uses surface drip irriga-
tion. The irrigation unit is comprised of water supply,
pump, valves, distribution lines, laterals, and emitters.
The pump can be changed its speed to adjust wa-
ter pressure by pulse-width modulation (PWM)-based
pump drive, according to the irrigation decision released
by the central controller unit. This paper also takes
the water-energy efficiencies into account. To measure
water use, the water flow sensor is thus installed. Also,
the energy consumption is calculated by integrating
electric power consumed by the motor operation over
time for each irrigation strategy. Hence, the voltage and
current measurements are installed to obtain voltage and
current data of the motor. The voltage and current data
are then used to calculate the motor’s electric power.
Subsequently, the resulting power is used to calculate
the energy. The work-flow of the proposed irrigation
scheduling system is provided in Fig. 3.
B. IMPLEMENTATION
According to the proposed irrigation scheduling system
design, the irrigation scheduling system design consists
of sensor aggregator, central controller unit, and irri-
Start
Proceed noise elimination for the measured data
from the sensor aggregator and solar irradiation
from the central controller unit
Calculate the average value of the processed data
Transmit the measured data to
the central controller unit
Receive measured data from the sensors, i.e.
canopy temperature, soil moisture content, air
temperature, air humidity, and light.
Calculate the CWSI and soil moisture content
Run the fuzzy logic system
Generate the irrigation decision
and send to the pump
End
If the sunlight is detected
No
Yes
Measure electrical energy consumption
and water use
FIGURE 3: The work-flow of the proposed intelligent
irrigation scheduling system.
gation unit. The prototype of the proposed irrigation
scheduling system is shown in Fig. 4. The central con-
troller unit is shown in number 1 of Fig. 4. The sensor
aggregators are shown in number 2 of Fig. 4, while
the irrigation unit is shown in number 3 of Fig. 4. In
the sensor aggregator, the dielectric-based capacitance
soil moisture sensor is used because of its capability as
described in Section II, as shown in number 4 of Fig. 4.
To calculate CWSI, the infrared temperature sensor is
used and embedded in the water-proof plastic container
as shown in number 5 of Fig. 4. Furthermore, the air
temperature and humidity sensor are necessarily used to
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1
2
4
5
7
8
9
3
10
6
FIGURE 4: The prototype of the proposed intelligent irrigation scheduling system.
calculate CWSI, as installed in number 6 of Fig. 4. The
light sensor is also used to detect the sunlight and used
to automatically turn off during the nighttime, as shown
in number 7 of Fig. 4. The wireless module is installed
to send the measurement data to the central controller
unit, as shown in number 8 of Fig. 4. In the central
controller unit, the pyranometer is installed to measure
the solar irradiation, as shown in number 9 of Fig. 4. The
structure of the central controller unit is made as shown
in number 10 of Fig. 4.
C. FUZZY IRRIGATION SCHEDULING STRATEGY
This paper applies the discrete affine Takagi-Sugeno
(TS) fuzzy logic system to the proposed irrigation
scheduling system. Basically, the fuzzy logic system
consists of three main processes, i.e. fuzzification, fuzzy
inference, and defuzzification [40]. The overview of the
fuzzy logic system is illustrated in Fig. 1. In the fuzzifi-
cation process, the CWSI and soil moisture content are
converted to fuzzy logic according to the membership
functions in the fuzzification process. This paper em-
ploys a set of symmetric triangular membership func-
tions. Hence, the membership functions of CWSI and
soil moisture content are provided in Fig. 5. Based on
the previous section, the CWSI value ranges between 0
to 1, thus the membership function of CWSI is classified
into five types, namely, very low (VL), low (L), medium
(M), high (H), and very high (VH), as shown in Fig.
5(a). Furthermore, The soil moisture content value also
ranges between 0 to 100%, thus the membership func-
tion of soil moisture content is classified into five types
as well, namely, very low (VL), low (L), medium (M),
high (H) and very high (VH), as shown in Fig. 5(b). The
fuzzy inference is designed using the knowledge base to
evaluate the fuzzy rules and produce an output for each
rule. The rule base is designed based on the two inputs
as provided in Table 1. The 25 rules have been defined
for the output variable. Some interpretations of the rules
are provided as follows: if CWSI is high (H) and soil
moisture content is low (L), the pump is operated at
75% in high (H). If CWSI is high (H) and soil moisture
content is very high (VH), the pump is operated at 0%
in zero (Z).
Subsequently, in the defuzzification, the multiple in-
put outputs are transformed into a crisp output, in ac-
cordance with the rule base and the output membership
function. The fuzzy system output is designed for gener-
ating a control signal to the pump in the irrigation unit.
The fuzzy system output is converted to the crisp using
a center-average method. The fuzzy output membership
function employs a singleton output membership func-
tion, hence, the output membership function is classified
into five types, namely, zero (Z), low (L), medium (M),
high (H), and very high (VH) as shown in Fig. 5(c).
In the discrete multiple input single output (MISO)
of the TS fuzzy model, the fuzzy implication (R) can be
represented by the following set of rules [41].
R : If x1(k) is A1 and ... and xn(k) is An
Then q = g(x1, ..., xn)
(10)
where x is the input crisp. A fuzzy sets in the an-
tecedent. n is the number of data. y is the output
crisp. q is the consequent. g(·) is the function of output
calculation. Furthermore, the output crisp (y) can be
expressed using a center-average method as provided in
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25 50 70 100
0
Soil Moisture Content (%)
VL L M H VH
0.25 0.5 0.75 1
Membership
function
1
0.5
0
CWSI (-)
(a)
VL L M H VH
25 50 70 100
Membership
function
1
0.5
0
Soil Moisture Content (%)
VL L M H VH
0.25 0.5 0.75 1
Membership
function
1
0.5
0
CWSI
(b)
Membership
function
0.5
1
0
Pump Control (%)
VL
L
M
H
VH
H M L C C
H M L C C
H H M C C
VH H H C C
VH VH M L C
Soil Moisture Content
CWSI
0 25 50 75 100
Z L M H VH
VL L M H VH
(c)
FIGURE 5: The designed fuzzy system. (a) input mem-
bership functions of CWSI; (b) input membership func-
tions of soil moisture content; (c) output membership
functions of pump control.
the following equation.
y(k + 1) =
m
P
n=1
q · µ(k)
m
P
n=1
µ(k)
(11)
where y is the crisp output. µ is the premise membership
function of the rule.
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
TABLE 1: Fuzzy rules base
CWSI Soil moisture content
VL L M H VH
VL H M L Z Z
L H M L Z Z
M H H M Z Z
H VH H H Z Z
VH VH VH M L Z
A. EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP
The field experiments were conducted in a small sample
field of 2 × 3 m2
in Rayong province, Thailand. The
location obtained by the global positioning system is
thus 12.824342, 101.216274 (latitude, longitude), el-
evation above sea level of 7 meters. The two sensor
nodes were adopted in the experiment as described in
the previous section. The experimental testing focused
on the verification of the proposed irrigation scheduling
system. In addition to the verification, a comparative
study was performed to obtain the performance of the
proposed irrigation scheduling system, compared with
the traditional irrigation system and conventional drip
irrigation system. In the experiment, the manual irriga-
tion was used for the traditional irrigation system, while
the conventional drip irrigation system was based on
pre-defined time-based irrigation. This paper chose a
Southern Giant Curled mustard (Brassica juncea) due
to its appropriation related to the locations and its
growing duration. The root depth was approximately
between 10-15 cm; therefore, the selected soil moisture
sensor was suitable for covering the root depth [38].
The photograph of the configuration of the proposed
irrigation scheduling system is provided in Fig. 6. The
experiment was tested for ten days in April 2020 (6 to 15
April 2020), during the summer period in Thailand. All
measurements were collected every 1-minute interval
throughout the experiment.
B. SYSTEM EVALUATION
According to the experiment setup, the experimental
results are provided in the following explanations. The
relevant measured and calculated data are shown in Fig.
7 for the ten days during the experiment. As seen in
Fig. 7(a), the soil moisture content increased during the
daytime due to the operation of the proposed irrigation
scheduling system, whereas it gradually decreased dur-
ing the nighttime. On the other hand, the relative humid-
ity varied in the opposite direction of the soil moisture
content, as shown in Fig. 7(b). Since the experiment was
performed in the summer period; hence, the air temper-
ature variation was above 30◦
C during the daytime, as
shown in Fig. 7(c). Also, the canopy temperature varied
related to the air temperature variation, as shown in Fig.
7(d). Furthermore, solar irradiation variation is provided
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FIGURE 6: The experimental configuration of the pro-
posed irrigation scheduling system.
in Fig. 7(e). It can be observed that the solar irradiation
reached 1,000 Wm-2
in the sunny days. Finally, the
CWSI and pump control signal are respectively given
in Fig. 7(f) and Fig. 7(g).
In this study, the proposed irrigation scheduling sys-
tem was compared with the time-based irrigation system
to evaluate its performance. The input and output data
of the fuzzy logic system on 13 April 2020 (Day 8) was
selected as shown in Fig. 8. The soil moisture content
and CWSI are respectively depicted in Fig. 8(a) and Fig.
8(b) for the input variables of the fuzzy logic system,
while the pump control signal is shown in Fig. 8(c) for
the output variable of the fuzzy logic system. Besides,
the variations of CWSI, soil moisture content, and pump
control signal on Day 8 are also illustrated in Fig 9 for
the time-based irrigation system. As can be seen in the
shaded area of Fig. 9, the time-based irrigation system
applied irrigation water 2 times a day at 07.00 am and
16.00 pm for 2 hours.
In the morning, the soil moisture content was higher
than 75% as indicated in area A of Fig. 8(a) under the
proposed irrigation scheduling system, that refers to the
water in the soil is between high (H) and very high
(VH) in the input membership function of soil moisture
content in Fig. 5(b). Meanwhile, in area A of Fig. 8(b),
CWSI was higher than 0.75 due to the increase in solar
irradiation, which is between high (H) and very high
(VH) in the input membership function of CWSI in Fig.
5(a). Accordingly, the output signal of the fuzzy logic
system was between 0% and 25%, according to the rule
base and the output membership function in Fig. 5(c).
After the irrigations, the soil moisture content gradually
increased, meanwhile the value of CWSI decreased. As
irrigations were applied, the crop stress was reduced
after area A of Fig. 8(b). In this period, the time-
based irrigation system started to irrigate for 2 hours at
7.00 am. The soil moisture rapidly increased; however,
0
20
40
60
80
100
Soil
Moisture
Content
(%)
0
20
40
60
80
100
Humidity
(%)
0
20
40
60
Air
Temperature
(°C)
0
10
20
30
40
50
Canopy
Temperature
(°C)
0
500
1000
1500
Solar
Irradiation
(W/m
2
)
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
CWSI
(-)
0
20
40
60
80
100
Pump
Control
Signal
(%)
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
FIGURE 7: Measured and calculated data used by the
proposed irrigation scheduling system for 10 days. (a)
soil moisture content; (b) relative humidity; (c) air
temperature; (d) canopy temperature; (e) irradiation (f)
CWSI; (g) pump control signal.
CWSI was quite lower than the proposed irrigation
scheduling system as illustrated at point A in Fig. 9. It
can be observed that the time-based irrigation system
could prevent the stress of crops during this period of
the day as a result of a large amount of applied irrigation
water.
In area B of Fig. 8, CWSI was around 0.50 un-
der the proposed irrigation scheduling system, which
is medium (M) in the input membership function of
CWSI. At the same time, the soil moisture content
tended to be decreased at midday and varied around
25% to 75%, which is between in large (L), medium
(M), and high (H) in the input membership function
of soil moisture content. The output signal was hence
between medium (M) and zero (Z), according to the
rule base as illustrated in Fig. 8(c). As a result of the
successive irrigation events, the crops could be pre-
vented from water stress conditions. However, in this
period, the irrigation did not schedule under the time-
based irrigation system. As can be seen at point B in
Fig. 9, the soil moisture content continuously decreased,
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0
25
50
75
100
Soil
Moisture
Content
(%)
0.00 am 4.00 am 8.00 am 12.00 pm 16.00 pm 20.00 pm 24.00 pm
0.00
0.25
0.50
0.75
1.00
CWSI
(-)
0.00 am 4.00 am 8.00 am 12.00 pm 16.00 pm 20.00 pm 24.00 pm
0
25
50
75
100
Pump
Control
Signal
(%)
0.00 am 4.00 am 8.00 am 12.00 pm 16.00 pm 20.00 pm 24.00 pm
(a)
(b)
(c)
A
A
A
B
B
B
C
C
C
D
D
D
F
F
F
FIGURE 8: Input and output data used in fuzzy logic
system for 13 April 2020 (Day8). (a) soil moisture; (b)
CWSI; (c) pump control signal.
0.00
0.25
0.50
0.75
1.00
0
25
50
75
100
0.00 am 4.00 am 8.00 am 12.00 pm 16.00 pm 20.00 pm 24.00 pm
Pump Control Signal
Soil Moisture Content CWSI
A
B
C
CWSI
(-)
Soil
Moisture
Content
Pump
Control
Signal
(%)
FIGURE 9: Variations of CWSI, soil moisture content,
and pump control signal for time-based irrigation
while CWSI increased significantly due to high solar
irradiation. Hence, the crops were more severe to the
water stress condition at midday under the time-based
irrigation system.
The crops maintained relatively high solar irradiation
over the noon as indicated in area C of Fig. 8(a). The soil
moisture content was quite low in L of the membership
function, while CWSI was nearly 0.50 in medium (M)
of the membership function of CWSI as shown in Fig.
8(b). Therefore, the output was 75% in high (H) of the
membership function as shown in Fig. 8(c), according to
the rule base. Hence, the pump was activated to schedule
irrigations. After the successive irrigation events, the
soil moisture content increase while CWSI decreased,
avoiding water stress of crop. Nevertheless, for the time-
based irrigation system, the highest variability in CWSI
was observed with low soil water availability at point C
in Fig. 9. In this situation, it can be interpreted that the
crops were under water stress conditions. This supports
that the use of the proposed irrigation scheduling system
can precisely irrigation to crop, preventing crop water
stress conditions during midday.
Finally, at point D in Fig. 8(a), the soil moisture
content was between 50% and 75%, which is between
medium (M) and high (H) in the input membership
function of soil moisture content. CWSI was also be-
tween 50% and 75%, which is between medium (M) and
high (H) in the input membership function of CWSI.
Thus, the output signal was 50% in medium (M) of
the output membership function. As seen at point D
in Fig. 8(c), the pump was activated continuously until
the reach of point D. In consequence, the soil moisture
content increased to point F of Fig. 8(a). In contrast,
CWSI dropped to nearly 0 at point F of Fig. 8(b).
Hence, the pump control signal was deactivated (0%)
as indicated in point F of Fig. 8(c). At 16.00 pm, the
time-based irrigation system started to applied irrigation
water for 2 hours. There was no significant difference in
the tendency for soil moisture content and CWSI for the
proposed irrigation system and the time-based irrigation
system.
Although the frequency of applied irrigations for the
proposed irrigation system was higher compared to the
time-based irrigation system, the amount of irrigation
water applied by the proposed irrigation system was
significantly less than the time-based irrigation system
as shown in Fig. 10(a). Moreover, the daily electrical
energy consumption is provided in Fig. 10(b) for the
ten days in the experiment. It can be noticed that the
proposed irrigation scheduling system consumed less
electrical energy consumption and water use, compared
with the manual irrigation system and the time-based
irrigation system. Total electrical energy consumption
and water use are illustrated in Fig. 11. By using the
manual irrigation system as the base case scenario, the
time-based irrigation system can reduce electrical en-
ergy consumption and water use by 9.58% and 17.57%,
respectively. The proposed irrigation scheduling system
can significantly decrease electrical energy consump-
tion and water consumption by 67.35% and 59.61%,
respectively.
In this study, the crop yield was determined by
manually picking and weighing after the end of the
experiment, verifying the agricultural output. The crop
yield of 25,333 kg ha-1
was obtained under the proposed
irrigation system, which was higher than the manual
irrigation (20,666 kg ha-1
) by 22.58%. The crop yield
was 21,833 kg ha-1
for the time-based irrigation system,
while an increase in crop yield was 5.64 %.
Based on these experimental results, the proposed
irrigation scheduling system can schedule irrigation
precisely according to the soil moisture content and
CWSI variability. The soil water status can be improved;
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(L)
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simultaneously, the crop water stress can be reduced
by using the proposed irrigation scheduling system. It
can be concluded that the proposed irrigation scheduling
system was the most effective irrigation strategy. The
efficiencies in terms of water use and electrical energy
consumption were improved significantly by adopting
the proposed irrigation scheduling system. Furthermore,
the crop yield was increased by the proposed irrigation
scheduling system compared with the other.
C. COST ANALYSIS
According to the design in Section III-A, the intelli-
gent irrigation scheduling system was implemented and
validated as shown in the previous section. The adding
components for the proposed system are provided in
Table 2. It can be observed that the total cost of the com-
plete prototype (one central controller and two sensor
aggregators) was about $288.98, i.e., $196.56 for one
central controller and $46.21 for each sensor aggregator.
The comparisons of existing WSNs used by irrigation
systems are provided in Table 3. It is shown that it cost
$84.10 for the sensor node proposed by [7], while the
cost of the sensor aggregator (node) was $46.21 for the
proposed irrigation scheduling system. Considering the
whole WSN system, the cost of the proposed irrigation
system was relatively low compared with the other
systems.
Moreover, the revenue from the proposed system
investment was evaluated by using the time-based drip
irrigation system as the base case scenario. From the
previous analysis, the proposed irrigation scheduling
system used the average amount of water of 175.03
liters/day, while the time-based drip irrigation system
consumed the average water of 357.25 liters/day. For
the electrical energy consumption, the proposed irriga-
tion scheduling system consumed the average electrical
energy of 23.51 Wh/day, while the time-based drip ir-
rigation system consumed the average electrical energy
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TABLE 2: The list of the adding components
No. Item Description Quantity Price/Unit ($) Total Price ($)
1 Arduino Uno R3 board 2 7.65 15.30
2 Arduino DUE board 1 21.87 21.87
3 Capacitive soil moisture sensor SKU:SEN0193 2 2.5 5.00
4 Air temperature and humidity sensor DHT22 2 5.62 11.24
5 Infrared temperature sensor GY-906
(MLX90614ESF)
2 11.72 23.44
6 Light sensor BH1750FVI 2 2.5 5.00
7 Pyranometer BGT-JYZ2 1 147 147
8 Current to voltage converter module 1 13.12 13.12
9 Switching power supply 2 4.68 9.36
10 Power adapter 3 2.5 7.50
11 Transceiver module NRF24L01+PA/LNA 3 3.44 10.32
12 Connector 3 3 9.00
13 Plastic container size 11.5×13.0×6.0 inc. 1 5.63 5.63
14 Plastic container size 8.5×9.5×5.0 inc. 2 2.60 5.20
Total 288.98
TABLE 3: Comparisons of existing WSNs for irrigation system
No. Description System Component Monitor Cost ($) Ref.
1 A low-cost microcontroller-
based system to monitor
crop temperature and water
status.
sensor node soil moisture content,
soil temperature, air
temperature, and
canopy temperature
84.10 [7]
2 Precision irrigation based on
wireless sensor network.
base station,
container node,
weather node, and
soil node.
soil moisture content,
soil temperature, air
temperature, light,
humidity
388.95 [42]
3 A wireless design of low-
cost irrigation system using
ZigBee technology.
portable controller,
wireless actuator
node, wireless sensor
node, and weather
station.
air temperature, air
humidity, and meteo-
rological information
400 [43]
4 IoT based low cost and intel-
ligent module for smart irri-
gation system.
sensor information
unit, unified sensor
pole, irrigation unit,
and remoter user
air temperature, air
humidity, soil mois-
ture content
800-1,000 [12]
5 Automated irrigation system
using a wireless sensor net-
work and GPRS module.
wireless sensor unit,
wireless information
unit, irrigation unit
soil moisture content,
soil temperature
1,900 [44]
of 65.11 Wh/day. This paper assumes that the average
water tariff rate is $0.00425/liter, and the average elec-
tricity price is $0.2/kWh. By summing the costs created
by water use and electrical energy consumption, the pro-
posed irrigation scheduling system spent approximately
$0.7486/day, meanwhile, the time-based drip irrigation
system spent approximately $1.5313/day. Comparing
to these two systems, the difference in daily cost is
$0.7827/day. It can observe that the proposed irrigation
scheduling system can save the daily cost created by
water use and electrical energy consumption by 51.11%.
Finally, considering the difference in the daily cost of
$0.7827/day, it shows that the proposed system can
return its extra cost after approximately 374 days.
V. CONCLUSION
This paper mainly presented the design and imple-
mentation of an intelligent irrigation scheduling sys-
tem using a potential low-cost wireless sensor network
(WSN). The proposed irrigation scheduling system con-
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sidered the two variabilities of soil moisture content
and crop water stress simultaneously rather than only
one variability consideration, while the use of low-
cost WSN can enable the potential implementation in
practical agricultural applications. As the experimen-
tal results, the proposed irrigation scheduling system
yielded significant improvement in reliability and pre-
cision irrigation, improving the soil water and plant
water status within the proper levels. The proposed ir-
rigation scheduling system can precisely apply amounts
of water for irrigation. Additionally, it can prevent crop
water stress conditions. Hence, it can be concluded that
the proposed irrigation scheduling system is effective
in terms of the improvement of precision irrigation.
Moreover, the experimental results confirmed that water
use and energy consumption were dramatically reduced
when the proposed irrigation scheduling system was
adopted. Therefore, it can be concluded that water use
and energy efficiencies can be improved simultaneously,
moving toward sustainable agriculture. The cost anal-
ysis also offered a good agreement that the proposed
irrigation scheduling system can be considered as an
affordable and low-cost option for farmers and can be
implemented on a large-scale agricultural farm with
lower investment.
In the current study, we mainly focused on developing
an intelligent adaptive irrigation scheduling strategy
considering soil and plant water variabilities. How-
ever, an error associated with measurements used in
the WSN should be taken into account to explore the
impact on irrigation scheduling performance for future
research works. The worst-case error scenario should
be carefully analyzed. Furthermore, in order to improve
WSN capability, next-generation communication net-
works should be considered to provide a longer range
of data transmission.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This research was funded by King Mongkut’s Uni-
versity of Technology North Bangkok. Contract no.
KMUTNB-63-DRIVE-15.
The author would like to thank Mr. Chakkrit Chanta-
wong for his assistance in collecting the data used in this
study and for the installation and maintenance of field
equipment and sensors. Furthermore, the authors would
like to express special thanks for the constructive com-
ments from the editor and reviewers, leading significant
and substantial improvements to the manuscript.
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CHAOWANAN JAMROEN (Member,
IEEE) received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. de-
grees in electrical engineering from Kaset-
sart University, Bangkok, Thailand, in 2013
and 2016, respectively. He is currently a
lecturer at Division of Instrumentation and
Automation Engineering Technology, King
Mongkut’s University of Technology North
Bangkok, Rayong Campus, Thailand. His
research interests include power system
analysis and stability, smart grid technology, synchrophasor measure-
ment technique, power system optimization, distributed generation,
and sustainable technology.
PREECHA KOMKUM received the B.Eng.
degree in electrical engineering from Dhu-
rakij Pundit University, Bangkok, Thailand
in 2000. He received the M.S. degree in
electrical engineering education from King
Mongkut’s University of Technology North
Bangkok in 2004. He is currently an Assis-
tant Professor at Division of Instrumenta-
tion and Automation Engineering Technol-
ogy, King Mongkut’s University of Tech-
nology North Bangkok, Rayong Campus, Thailand. His research
interests include image processing, fuzzy logic system, and control
system engineering.
CHANON FONGKERD is currently pur-
suing the B.Eng. degree in instrumenta-
tion and automation engineering technol-
ogy with Division of Instrumentation and
Automation Engineering Technology, King
Mongkut’s University of Technology North
Bangkok, Rayong Campus, Thailand.
WIPA KRONGPHA is currently pursu-
ing the B.Eng. degree in instrumenta-
tion and automation engineering technol-
ogy with Division of Instrumentation and
Automation Engineering Technology, King
Mongkut’s University of Technology North
Bangkok, Rayong Campus, Thailand.
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