Smart Aeroponics System
Aeroponic farming is an astonishing substitution for the people who wanted to do farming in very limited space, as plants can be grown vertically, indoor or in many other ways. It is one of the soil less method. We will grow spinach in Aeroponic System in completely controlled environmen
2025-06-28 16:29:05 - Adil Khan
Smart Aeroponics System
Project Area of Specialization Biomedical EngineeringProject SummaryAeroponic farming is an astonishing substitution for the people who wanted to do farming in very limited space, as plants can be grown vertically, indoor or in many other ways. It is one of the soil less method.
We will grow spinach in Aeroponic System in completely controlled environment so we can gather complete data of the green house and can get proper result of the field. We also use Deep Learning in which we use a neural network for image classification process in which image is taken of plants to detect the pest attack.
Aeroponic system, a soil less culture for plant growth. It is a method of growing plant with the help of water vapour and misting in the environment, by using the solution riched with many nutrients which is good for healthy plant growth and to grow the plant fast. In this project we used an automated system for making a control environment in the green house, many sensors are bieng used for the measurment of humidity, temperature, light intensity. LEDs are used as a source of light for photosynthesis process in place of sunlight. The main method of irrigation is the spray jet that is use to spray the nutrient solution directly to the roots hanging in the air. So that nutrients directly reach to the roots without any barrier. The humidity and temperature sensor will sense the temperature and humidity respectively and if exceedes beyond the entry level the cooling system will be compensating for it. And the PH value will be between 5.5 upto 6.5 different for different plant. We are also utilizing Internet of Thing (IOTs) for the monitoring of green house data like temperature, humidity and light intensity. Data of each sensor of green house are collected on several interval of time and will be uploaded to the cloud for monitoring. This data will help us for the improvement of our green house environment and the production of the crops. Each and every plant has differnet value of bearing temperature and light which should be controlled otherwise plant will die.
Project ObjectivesThe objective for this project is to inspect and/or put in the promise to Control environment agriculture system (Aeroponic system) in the field of agriculture. To be more certain, we explore the opportunity to apply this state of the art system to generate and analyze new way to harvest crops in the control environment while keeping in consideration the present agricultural constraints of Pakistan. Taking inspiration from the tremendous advancements in the field of agriculture and AI we focus on eliminating present agricultural problems of Pakistan like water shortage, pest or insects, flood etc. In short, we want the system to cultivate high quality crops while gathering continuous data and use this data to further improve the quality and production.
Our principle focus will be on researching towards the use of aeroponic system, as they have been used extensively for high yield of crops with proper nutrients. This system of Aeroponic is most comprehensive farming systems, as it focus on producing high vale of good and healthy products.
The fundamental proposition of this system is to grow each and every plant in aenclosed environment by showering the nutrient spray directly onto the roots that hang in the dark reservoir chamber, and the leave will be above from surface of the chamber. The roots are seperated through the structure of the chamber. For bigger plants trellising is used for holding weight of fruit etc.
Project Implementation MethodIn normal farming process soil provide mechanical support to the plant as soil grip the roots of plant and hold plant firmly. Water in tha soil helps in expanding roots with the process of absorption on root surface. Soil-less culture is a method of growing plants without usage of the soil but by using water and firm particles. It is mainly concerned with the substrate culture and water culture methods. According to studies, soil-less cultivation is more cost-effective, produces higher yields, and harvests faster from smaller areas of land than soil-based cultivation.
Aeroponics agriculture (soil-less culture) are a specialized version of hydroponics and is the most efficient system in terms of growth acceleration, nutrient and water usage as compared to soil and hydroponic system .Here the climate is free of disease that allows the plant to grow better and faster.
Contrary of standard method of hydroponic in which roots of plant are totally dipped in the water riched with nutrient solution, aerophonic growing is to cultivate plants suspended in a closed or semi-closed atmosphere by spraying the plant's hanging roots and lower stem with a nutrient-rich water that has been atomized or sprayed. The hanging roots not only just absorb necessary minerals from the nutrient solution spraying onto the roots, but this will either allow in increment of oxygen intake to fuel respiration . This will boost up growth +40% compared to the soil growth of the plant, that will give the benefit to reduce the usage of nutrients upto 70% as this is the recycle process and also reduce water usage upto 90% because in this method water is just sprayed on the roots hanging in the dark chamber on recycle process by the use of water pump.
Benefits of the Project- This will reduce up to 80-85 percent of water usage as compare to conventional farming.
- This method can use less energy, and also less maintainence is required in the green house.
- In this method roots of plant hang in air so it is easy for roots to absorb oxygen and stay healthy.
- It is very safe method, by this method we can save lots of water and human labour is also reduced.
- Plants will grow faster in aeroponic system then other farming method.
- It is easy to replace the plants in aeroponic system and also making environment clean will be easy.
- Since it is a soil less culture hence it can be constructed anywhere regardless of any season, climate and weather.
Aeroponic system structure are first and foremost composed of many major components which are as follows,
- Growth chamber
- Cup holding tray
- Plant holding cup
- A mechanism for supplying nutrients.
- Nutrient reservoir Chamber.
- Green House
In the aeroponic system the plant growth chamber and the reservoir chamber of nutrients both containers are of same type in which we hold plant and inside the chamber there is complete dark place where roots are hang. The penumatic nozzels are hold in the dark chamber in a way that roots of each plant can be properly sprayed.
The plant growth chamber and the reservoir chamber of nutrients can be made from any material that can resist water and in which we can store water easily the material can be plastic, aluminum etc. One more important thng that we must consider is that the color of the chambers should be dark otherwise there will algae start growing in the chamber rich with nutrient. Tranparent plastic must be avoided so that no light will enter the reservoir and the solution will be save from the algae.
The additional required material for developing the aeroponic systems are aluminum frame stainless steel growth box with total height, plant supporting tray, plastic box, polystyrene foam box, Styrofoam, plastic January, the aerophonics agriculture. Further more there are many other material like cotton with round hole, plastic tank of 25 to 50 litre, LED light that we use in place of sunlight for photosynthesis process. The main apparatus is the penumatic nozzle which use to spray the nutrients on roots, an axail fan, PH meter, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, light intensity sensor, TDS and EC meter, polyethene water supply line, plastic filter, pneumatic reducer air pipe joint, a water pump, penumatic dead lock etc.
| Item Name | Type | No. of Units | Per Unit Cost (in Rs) | Total (in Rs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total in (Rs) | 80000 | |||
| Raspberry Pie model4B | Equipment | 1 | 35000 | 35000 |
| plastic filter, pneumatic reducer air pipe joint, a water pump, penuma | Equipment | 1 | 3000 | 3000 |
| , temperature sensor, humidity sensor, light intensity sensor, TDS and | Equipment | 3 | 4000 | 12000 |
| Model(wooden) pots | Equipment | 1 | 20000 | 20000 |
| Report Printing, poster printing, standee | Miscellaneous | 1 | 10000 | 10000 |