Nutrition control in nutrient film technique hydroponic system using fuzzy method

Abstract

Hydroponics is a method of growing crops without using soil media, instead, it utilizes water or other porous materials. The automation system is applied to control the nutrient quality of the water. Some sensors were used for measuring nutrient concentration, water level, water supply, and water volume. Temperature, TDS, and ultrasonic sensors are installed on the microcontroller for data measurement. The results of the data are processed using the Mamdani fuzzy logic method. The fuzzy logic results are used in controlling nutrition and water volume. The system can be monitored remotely with the aid of the Blynk app. The results of the automation system concluded that the desired condition reaches an average time of 13 minutes 49 seconds. Finally, the results of the fuzzy logic processing of the system have an accuracy value of 94.24% after being compared with the software simulation.