Sustainable smart photobioreactor for continuous cultivation of microalgae embedded with Internet of Things

Pei En Tham; Yan Jer Ng; Navintran Vadivelu; Hooi Ren Lim; Kuan Shiong Khoo; Kit Wayne Chew; Pau Loke Show

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126558

Sustainable smart photobioreactor for continuous cultivation of microalgae embedded with Internet of Things

Pei En Tham, Yan Jer Ng, Navintran Vadivelu, Hooi Ren Lim, Kuan Shiong Khoo, Kit Wayne Chew, Pau Loke Show

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Abstract

This research work aims to fabricate an optimized up-scaled photobioreactor and extraction tank which incorporates the Internet of Things (IoT) for remote monitoring of selected parameters without being present in the lab as the industry is gradually moving towards the direction of remote operation. Several design factors were considered where modelling using ANSYS was carried out before the finalised design is drawn using AutoCAD. To monitor critical parameters that include liquid level, temperature, and pH condition during the operation of the tanks, water-proof sensors are implemented with the aid of Arduino NodeMCU board and the sensors are linked with Blynk, a smartphone application that allows remote monitoring via Wi-Fi connection. The sensors’ results obtained using the Blynk application show high accuracy as compared with manual data except for photobioreactor liquid level. This shows that IoT and remote monitoring can be integrated successfully.

Original language	British English
Article number	126558
Journal	Bioresource Technology
Volume	346
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126558
State	Published - Feb 2022

Keywords

Blynk
Internet of Things
Photobioreactor
Remote monitoring
Sensors

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Sustainable smart photobioreactor for continuous cultivation of microalgae embedded with Internet of Things

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